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HOMEOPATHIC
DOMESTIC  PHYSICIAN;
CONTAINING
THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES,
WITH POPULAR EXPLANATIONS ON ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY,
        HYGIENE, AND HYDROPATHY,
AN ABRIDGED MATERIA JODICA.
BY J. H. PJJLTE, M. D.
        CINCINNATI:
H. W. DERBY & CO., AND H. F. DAVIS,
   NEW YORK: A. S. BARNES & CO.
           1850.
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PREFACE.
   Of  late years a great deal of attention has been
 bestowed  upon the introduction  and perfection  of
 popular works on the treatment of diseases, by the
 medical profession,  not  merely by Homoeopathists,
 but, also,  by practitioners of other medical schools.
 This shows, evidently, that the  hitherto backward
 world  of medical science  has been caught,  at  last,
 with the proper spirit of modern progress, whose dis-
 tinguishing feature in  scientific matters consists, un-
 doubtedly,  in the tendency to  popularize abstruse
 sciences, and make them useful and accessible to the
 many.
   Homoeopathy has  not been in  the rear as regards
 these popular instructions, and  many valuable  vol-
 umes have been issued from the press within a short
 time, which facilitated in a great degree the  domes-
 tic use of the homoeopathic  medicines.  This  ser-
vice, rendered by the  profession to the public in  a
liberal and generous  spirit, has been amply rewarded 
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PREFACE.
by the latter, in extending all over the country, more
rapidly  the blessings  of our beloved healing  art,
and establishing  its title, as a benefactor of man-
kind, more firmly in the hearts of the people.
  The author well recollects that the first " domestic
physicians " which appeared, were looked upon with
distrust by some of the profession.  But the people in
general hailed them as  welcome friends in their do-
mestic afflictions, where counsel and advice is so of-
ten needed at times, when the  medical aid can  not
be  obtained.  Imperfect as  the first efforts of  this
kind naturally  must have been, their beneficial re-
sults for families, and for the spread of Homoeopathy,
were such that the improvement of these necessary
medical  guides  was rapidly  undertaken  and  ac-
complished.  All honor and praise, however, must
be given to those few in Germany and America, who
made the first attempts to popularize the practice of
Homoeopathy.
  At this time scarcely one homoeopathic family is
without  one or  more books  on domestic practice,
which is a sufficient   evidence  of their  practical
utility.
  Thus have these messengers of mercy and useful-
ness travelled  with, and often ahead of,  the regular
practitioners of Homoeopathy—the silent, but efficient
.missionaries of truth, declaring it  everywhere by
facts and conquests over disease, won by the people 
PREFACE.
V
 themselves.   The profession in  general seems now
 to  regard them as  necessary allies in  the  great
 work of reforming the medical  state of the wrorld,
 and bestows a great deal of care on their constantly
 increasing perfection, by making  them more practical
 and definite, progressing in their improvement as the
 science itself progresses.
   In this spirit the  present volume  is written and
 given to the public by the author, who has attempted
 to embody in it the results of a practice of more than
 sixteen years.
   In the pathology  of the work  he has  followed
 mostly the views  of Hufeland, who  is  generally
 practically useful, and of Schcenlein, who is precise
 and scientific.
  In the therapeutics he has endeavored to consult
 the  best authors of  our school, carefully comparing
 their views with his own results, which are  embodied
 in this work.
  To increase its general usefulness, popular treatises
 on Anatomy, Physiology, Hygiene,  and Hydropathy,
 have been  added, branches and parts of medical
 science as a whole, which, when properly understood
 and digested by the people, will in a great degree aid
 in fostering  the  salutary results expected from  the
 use  of a domestic physician.  Besides this, a con-
 densed extract of the HomoBopathic Materia Medica,
gi ven at the close of  the book, enables the reader to 
PREFACE.
 correct his prersciptions, and  enlarge  his  general
 knowledge of the homoeopathic science.   Thus  it is
 hoped that, by these additions,  the work  is rendered
 more perfect in a twofold manner:  first,  by giving a
 more extended knowledge of the human system and its
 laws through the treatises on Anatomy and Physiol-
 ogy ;  and, secondly, by making the reader acquainted
 with those practical branches of medicine, Hygiene and
 Hydropathy,  of  which, particularly, the latter has,
 within the last few years, very much engrossed the at-
 tention of the profession and of invalids.   In this re-
 spect  the author himself does not hesitate to  de-
 clare  that he  considers Hydropathy, applied within
her proper limits, the handmaid of Homoeopathy, and
that  these  two, combined  in this  relationship,  are
 destined to conquer the medical world.
                                  The Author.
  Cincinnati, October, 1850. 
TABLE   OF  CONTENTS.
 List of Medicines........................................X1"
 Introduction.............................................XV1^
 Dietetic Rules..........................................XX1

                        PART   I.

         DESCRIPTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES.

                         CHAPTER I.
                       General Diseases.
  Rheumatism—Acute—Chronic.   Gout.  Pains  in the small  of  the
Back and Loins.  Pain in the Hip.   Hip-disease.   Inflammation of the
Knee-joint.   Inflammation of the Psoas-muscle.   Cramp in the Legs.
Sweating Feet.  Goitre.  Sleeplessness.  Nightmare.  Palsy.  Delirium
Tremens.  Epilepsy.  St. Titus' Dance.  Tetanus.   Trismus.  Lockjaw.
Somnolency.   Lethargy.  Fatigue.   Overheating and Mental Exhaustion.
Fainting. ' Swooning.  Apparent Death from Hunger-from Drowning—
from Freezing—Lightning—Hanging—Choking—from Noxious  vapors-
Fall or  Blow—Violent Mental Emotion..........................  3

                         CHAPTER II.
                        Casual Diseases.
  I. External Injuries.  Fractures  of  Bones.  Dislocations of Joints.
Wounds and Bruises.  Sprains  and Concussions. Burns  and Scalds.
Poisoned Wound*-Bites and Stings of  Insects.  Frozen Limbs.
  II. Poisons—Antidotes.  Animal Poisons.   Vegetable Poisons.  Min-
eral Poisons.                                                   .
  III. Medicinal Diseases.   List of Drugs  causing Diseases, and their
Remedies................................................... 
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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS.
                          CHAPTER III.
                        Cutaneous Diseases.
  1. Eruptive Fevers.  Rash.   Nettle-Rash—Hives.   Erysipelas.   St.
Anthony's Fire.   Measles.   French  Measles.   Scarlet Rash.   Scarlet
Fever.   Chicken Pox.  Small Pox.   Varioloid.
  2. Chronic Eruptions.  Irritation of the Skin—Itching—Pruritus.  Chil-
blains.    Excoriations — Intertrigo.   Ringworm — Herpes Circinnatus.
Tetter — Herpes   Itch — Scabies.  Milk-crust—Crusta Lactea.   Scald
Head—Tinea Capitis.   Corns—Indurations of  the  Skin.   Warts—Ver-
ruca).   Whitlows.   Felons.   Panaris.   Ulcers.  Abscesses.   Tumors.
Swelling of  glands.   Boils—malignant  Boils—Carbuncles.    Scirrhus.
Cancer.....................................................  47

                          CHAPTER IV.
                             Fevers.
  Explanation of the term Fever.   Irritative, Inflammatory, Torpid form
of Fever.  Common or Ephemeral Fever.   General Inflammatory Fever.
Nervous or Typhoid Fever.   Typhus—Different forms of Typhus.  Yellow
Fever.   Intermittent Fever—Fever and Ague—Chills and  Fever—Febris
Intermittens................................................  84

                           CHAPTER V.
                      Affections of the  Mind.
  Sudden Emotions.   Hypochondria.   Melancholia.............. 110

                          CHAPTER VI.
                      Affections of the  Head.
  1. Congestion or determination of Blood to  the Head—Congestion ad
Caput.   2.  Vertigo.   Giddiness or Dizziness.   3.  Weakness of  Memory.
4. Apoplexy.   5.  Inflammation of the Brain.   6. Sunstroke.   7. Head-
ache,   a. Headache, from Congestion of Blood to the  Head.    b. Head-
ache from Catarrh and Cold in the Head.  c. Headache from Rheumatism.
d. Headache from Constipation and Gastric Derangement,   e. Headache
from External Causes.  Sick-Headache.   Nervous Headache—Neuralgia
in the Head—Megrim.  Falling off of the Hair—Allopecia........ 115

                          CHAPTER VII.
                       Affections of the Eyes.
  General Remarks.   1. Inflammation of the Eyelid  and its  Margins.
a. Inflammation and  Swelling of the Eyelid,   b. Inflammation of  the
Margins of  the  Lids.  2.  Inflammation  of  Eyeball—Ophthalmia.   3.
Chronic Inflammation of the Eyes.   a.  From Gout and Rheumatism. 
TABLE  OF  CONTENTS.
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b. From Scrofula, Scrofulous Sore Eyes.  c.  From Syphilis or  Venereal
Disease,  d. From Abuse of Mercury.  4. Stye on the Eyelid.  5.  Weep-
ing or Watery  Eyes.   6. Cataract—Glaucoma.   7. Weakness of Sight—
Amblyopia—Blindness—Sudden  and Incipient—Amaurosis.   8.   Short
Sightedness—Myopia.  9.  Far-Sightedness.   10. Squinting—Strabismus.
11. Falling  of the  Eyelids—Paralysis.  12. Foreign Substances  in  the
Eye...................................................... 140

                           CHAPTER VIII.
                      Affections of the Ears.
   1. External Ear and its surrounding parts,   a. Eruptions and Swelling
of the External Ear.  b. Mumps—Parotitis.  2.  Internal Ear.   a.  In-
flammation  of the  Ear—Otitis,   b. Earache—Otalgia,   c.  Humming,
Buzzing  of the Ears.  d. Hardness of Hearing—Deafness,  e.  Running
of the Ears—Otorrhcea.  /. Polypus of  the Ear.  rj. Foreign Substances
in the Ear,................................................ 152

                          CHAPTER  IX.
                      Affections of the Nose.
   1. Inflammation or Swelling of the Nose.   2.  Eruptions on the Nose—
Itching of the  Nose.  a. Eruptions on the Nose.   b.  Itching of the Nose.
3. Bleeding of the  Nose—Epistaxis.   4. Cold  in the  Head—Coryza—
Suppression of the Catarrh or Cold in the Head.   5. Ulceration  in  the
Nose—Catarrh—Ozaena Narium.  a.  Ozaena Narium—Catarrh,  b. Oz-
aena Antri Highmori.  6.  Polypus  of  the Nose.   Cancer of the Nose.
7. Foreign Substances in the Nose............................. 163

                          CHAPTER X.
               Affections of the Face, Lips, and Jaws.
   1. Inflammation and Swelling of the Face.  a. Erysipelas of  Face and
Lips.   b. Swelling of the Cheek.   2. Eruptions of the  Face.   3. Face-
ache—Neuralgia of  the Face—Prosopalgia—Tic Douloureux.  4. Warts
and Spots on  the Face—Cancer of the Face.   5. Paralysis of the Face
and Jaw.  6.  Lockjaw....................................... 174

                          CHAPTER XI.
              Affections of the Teeth, Gums, and Mouth.
   1. Toothache—Odontalgia.  2.  Caries of  the Teeth—Carious  Teeth.
3. Offensive Breath.  4.  Bad Taste in the Mouth.   5. Inflammation and
Swelling of the Tongue—Glossitis.  6. Canker of the Mouth—Stomacace.
7. Inflammation of  the Palate.   8. Abscess in the Gums—Gumboils—
         1* 
TABLE  OF  CONTENTS.
Swelling of the Jawbone.   9. Scurvy—Scorbutus.  10. Salivation—Pty-
alism.   11.  Paralysis of the Tongue.   12.  Difficulty of Speech—Stam-
mering.  13. Ranula or Swelling under the Tongue.............. 1°0

                         CHAPTER  XII.
                     Affections of the Throat.
  Sore  Throat—Quinsy—Angina  Faucium.  a. Common  Sore Throat.
I. Ulcerated and Putrid Sore Throat—Malignant Quinsy—Angina Gan-
grenosa.   Inflammation  and  Swelling  of  the Tonsils—Amygdalitis.
Swelling or Elongation of the Palate........................... 199

                         CHAPTER XIII.
               Affections of the  Windpipe and Chest.
  1. Hoarseness—Raucitas—Aphonia,  a. Acute Hoarseness,  b.  Chronic
Hoarseness.  2. Ulceration of the Windpipe—Bronchitis.  3. Croup and
Croupy Cough.  4. Influenza.   5. Cough—Hooping-Cough—Tussis Con-
vulsiva.   Inflammation of the  Lungs—Pneumonia.  Pneumonia in Old
People—Pneumonia Notha.  Remarks on Pneumonia.   Pleurisy,  a. Real
Pleurisy,  b. False Pleurisy—Stitch in the Side.  Diseases of the Heart.
a. Inflammation of the Heart—Corditis.   b. Palpitation of the Heart.
Congestion of the Chest—Plethora Pectoris.   Hemorrhage of the Lungs—
Hfeinoptysis. Asthma.  Asthma of Millar.  Dropsy in the Chest—Hy-
drothorax.   Pulmonary Consumption—Phthisis  Pulmonalis.  Contusion
of the Chest by a Fall or Blow................................ 210

                         CHAPTER XIV.
               Affections of the Stomach and  Bowels.
  1. Want of  Appetite—Anorexia.  2.  Morbid  Appetite—Bulimy.   3.
Dyspepsia—Weak  Stomach.  4. Waterbrash—Heartburn—Indigestion__
Flatulency—Sour  Stomach—Pyrosis.  5. Biliousness—Gastric  Derange-
ment.   Nausea—Vomiting.   Sea-Sickness.   Spasms  and  Pain in  the
Stomach—Cardialgia—Neuralgia of the Stomach.  Griping Colic—Ente-
ralgia—Stomach-ache.  Congestion and Stagnation of Blood in the Abdo-
men.  Inflammation of the Diaphragm—Diaphragmitis.  Abdominal In-
flammation.  1. Inflammation  of  the  Stomach—Gastritis.   2.  Inflam-
mation of the Bowels—Enteritis.   Inflammation of the Liver—Hepatitis.
Jaundice.  Tetanus.   Infammation  of the Spleen—Splenitis.   Worms.
Diseases caused by the Presence of Worms.  Constipation—Costiveness.
Diarrhea—Looseness of the Bowels. Dysentery—Bloody Flux.  Cholera 
TABLE  OF  CONTENTS.
XI
Morbus.  Asiatic Cholera—Cholera Asiatica.  Piles—Hemorrhoids.  Itch-
ing of  the  Anus.  Prolapsus Aui.  Rupture—Hernia.   Dropsy of  the
Abdomen—Ascites.  External Injuries of the Abdomen........... 257

                           CHAPTER XV.
           Affections of the Urinary and Genital Organs.
  Inflammation of the Kidneys—Nephritis.  Inflammation of the  Blad-
der—Cystitis.  Strangury.   Dysury.   Ischury.  Anury.  Incontinence
of Urine—Enuresis.  Diabetes.   Piles of the Bladder.  Polypus  of the
Bladder.   Gravel and Stone in the Bladder—Calculus.  Hemorrhage with
the Urine—Hcematuria—Mictus Cruentus.  Affections of the Penis.  Af-
fections of the Testicles.   Seminal Weakness—Onania.  Eruptions  on the
Genital Organs.   Syphilis.   Gonorrhea,   a.  Syphils—Chancre,   b. Gon-
orrhea—Clap—Gleet........................................ 340

                          CHAPTER  XVI.
                        Diseases of Females.
   1. Menstruation.  Obstructions of the First  Menses.  Chlorosis.   Sup-
pression of the Menses.   Painful Menstruation.  Menstruation too  Early.
Menstruation too Late and too Scanty.  Menstruation too Copious—Flood-
ing.  Menstruation of  too long Duration.  Critical Period.   Cessation of
the Menses—Change of Life.  Prolapsus Uteri—Falling of the Womb.
Leucorrhea—Fluor Albus—'Whites.   Pregnancy.  Diseases  during  Preg-
nancy.    Nausea  and  Vomiting.   Pruritus—Itching.   Varicose  Veins.
Spots on the Face.  Miscarriage—Abortion.   Premature Birth.   Regular
Birth.   Labor-Pains.  Adherence of the After-birth—Placenta.   Treat-
ment after Deliveiy.  After-pains.  Duration of Confinement.  Breast—
Nipples—Secretion of Milk.  Sore Nipples.   Ague in the Breast.  Gath-
ered Breast.   Deficiency of Milk.   Suppression of  Milk.   Milk  Bad—
too Thin, or Repugnant to the Child.  Milk—Excessive  flow  of  it.
Weaning.  State of the Bowels.  Sore Mouth of Nursing Women.  Dis-
charge from the Womb during Confinement—Lochia.  Pain—Inflamma-
tion in the Abdomen—Metritis.Puerperal Fever.    General Complaints
during Confinement........................................  353

                          CHAPTER  XVII.
                        Treatment of Children.
   Apparent Death of a New-born Infant—Asphyxia.   Diet of a New-born
Infant.   Colic—Crying of Infants.   Elongation of the Head.  Snuffles—
Obstruction  of the Nose—Coryza.   Swelling  of the Breasts in Infants.
Restlessness—Sleeplessness.  Inflammation of  the Eyes.  Thrush, or Sore 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
 Mouth of Infants—Aphtha;.   Heat—Red  Gum—Heat Spots.  Excoria-
 tions—Rawness of the Skin.  Jaundice.  Erysipelas.  Convulsions  or
 Spasms.  Teething—Dentition.  Constipation.  Diarrhea.  Fevers.  Dropsy
 of the Brain—Hydrocephalus.   Asthma—Choking Fits—Asthma Millari.
 Remittent Fever of Infants.  Vaccination.  Cholera Infantum.  Summer
 Complaint................................................. 381


                        PART   II.

               I. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
   Structure of the Human Organism.   Elements of the Human Organism.
 Anatomy of the Bones.  Physiology of  the Bones.  The  Muscles.  The
 Teeth.   Digestive  Organs.  The Urinary System.  The Respiratory and
 Circulatory Organs.  The Nervous System.   The Skin............ 397

              II. HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
  Hygiene.   Food and Drink.  Sleep.  Air and Exercise.   Clothing
and Occupation.  Hydropathy.  Diseases in which to apply it.   Different
 Modes  of applying the Cold Water.  1. Ablutions.   2.  Shower-Baths.
 3. Partial or  Half-Baths.   4. Full-Baths.  5. General Plunging-Baths.
 6. Local Baths. 7. Head-Baths. 8. Sitting-Baths—Sitz-Baths.  9. Foot-
 Baths.   10. The Drop-Bath.   11. The Douche.  12. Local Applications
 (Umschlage) Wet Bandages.   13. Applications round one-half the Body.
Wet Linen Sheets.   14. Sweating............................. 428

  III.  MATERIA MEDICA..................................475
  Glossary................................................541 
LIST  OF  MEDICINES,
        THEIR  STNONYMES  AND  ANTIDOTES.

1. Aconite.  Aconitum Napellus  (plant.)  Antidotes—Camphor, Nux vom„
    Wine, Vinegar.
2. Antimonium cRun.  Antimony (mineral.)  Antidotes—Heva.r sulph., Mer-
    cury, Pulsatilla.
3. Arnica.  Arnica Montana (plant.)  Antidotes—Camphor, Ignatia, Ipecac.
4. Arsenic.  Arsenicum album (mineral.) Antidotes—Fox poisoning with
    it: rust of iron.  For its dynamic effects: China, Hepar sulph., Ipecac,
    Nux vomica, Veratrum.
5. Aorum.  Aurum  metallicum.   Gold.  (Metal.)   Antidotes—Belladonna,
    China, Cuprum, Mercury.
6. Belladonna.  Deadly nightshade (plant.) Antidotes—Cofca., Hyosciamus,
    Hepar sulph., Pulsatilla.
7. Belladonna cc-   Is the two hundredth potency  of Belladonna.
8^ Bryonia. Bryonia alba (plant.) Antidotes—Aconite, Chamomile, Ignatia,
    Nux vomica.
9.  Calcarea Carbonica. Carbonate  of lime.  Antidotes—Camphor, Nitric
    acid, Sulphur.
10.  Camphora.   Camphor.   Antidotes—Opium, Nitri spiritus.
11.  Cantharis.  Spanish fly (animal.)  Antidote— Camphor.
12.  Capsicum.  Spanish pepper (vegetable.)  Antidote— Camphor.
13*. Carbo  veg.  Carbo vegetabUis.   Wood  charcoal.  Antidotes—Arsenic,
    Camphor, Coffea, Lachesis.
14.  Causticum.  Caustic of the alkalies.  Antidotes—Coffea, Colocynth, Nux
    vomica.
15.  Chamomile.  Chamomilla (plant.) Antidotes—Aconite,  Cocculus, Cof-
    fea, Ignatia, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla.
16. China.  Cinchona.   Peruvian baik  (vegetable)   Antidotes—Arnica,
    Arsenic, Belladonna. Calcarea carbonica, Carbo veg„ Ipecac, Sulphur.
17. Cina.  Wormseed (vegetable.) Antidotes—Ipecac., Veratrum.
18. Cina cc-  Is the two hundredth potency of Cina.
19. Cocculus.   Indian  Berries.   Coccle (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Camphor,
    Nux vomica.
20. Coffea.  Coffee Berries (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Aconite, Chamomile,
    Nux vomica.
21. Coffea cc- is the two hundredth potency of Coffea. 
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LIST  OF  MEDICINES.
22. Colchicum.  Meadow Saffron (plant.)  Antidotes— Nux vomica, Coccu-
   lus, Pulsatilla.
23. Colocynthis.   Colocynth  (vegetable.)   Antidotes—Camphor,  Causti-
    cum, Coffea, Chamomile.
24. Conium.  Hemlock (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Coffea, Spiritus Nitri.
25. Crocus.  Saffron (vegetable.)  Antidote—Opium.
26. Cuprum.  Cuprum metallicum.  Copper (metal.)  Antidotes—Belladonna,
    China, Ipecac, Mercury, Nux vomica.
27. Drosera. Round-leaved Sun Dew (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Camphor.
28. Dulcamara.  Bitter  Sweet.  Woody  Nightshade  (plant.)   Antidotes—
   Camphor, Ipecac, Mercurius.
29. Euphrasia.  Eye-bright (plant.)   Antidote—Pulsatilla.
30. Ferrum.  Ferrum  metallicum.   Iron  (metal.)  Antidotes—Arnica., Ar-
   senic, Belladonna, Ipecac, Mercury, Pulsatilla.
31. Graphites.  Plumbago.   Pure Black Lead (metal.)  Antidotes—Arsenic,
   Nux vomica, Wine.
32. Helleborus  (niger.)  Black Hellebor  (plant.)   Antidotes—Camphor,
   China.
33. Hepar sulphuris.  Lime of Sulphur:  Sulphuret  of Lime.  Antidotes—
   Vinegar, Belladonna.
34. Hyosciamus (niger.)  Henbane  (plant.)   Antidotes—Belladonna, Cam-
   phor, China.
35. Ignatia.  St. Ignatius' Bean  (vegetable.)   Antidotes— Pulsatilla, Cham-
   omile, Cocculus, Arnica, Camphor, Vinegar.
36. Iodine.  Iodium.  Antidotes—Arsenic, Camphor,  Coffea,  Phosphorus,
   Sulphur.
37. Ipecac  Ipecacuanha (vegetable.)   Antidotes—Arnica,  Arsenic, China
38. Jalappa. Jalap (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Camphor.
39. Kali hydriodicum.   Hydriodate of Potassa (mineral.)
40. Lachesis. Poison of the Lance-headed Serpent  (animal.)  Antidotes—
    Arsenic, Belladonna, Nux vomica, Rhus tox.
41. Lycopodium.  Club Moss.  Wolf's  Claw  (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Cam-
    phor, Pulsatilla.
42. Mercurius  (vivus.)  Quicksilver (mineral.)  Antidotes—Arnica,  Bella-
   donna, Camphor, Hepar sulph., Iodine, Lachesis, Sulphur.
43.  Muriatic acid.  Muriatis acidum (mineral.)  Antidotes—Camphor, Bry-
    onia.
44. Natrum muriaticum. Muriate  of Soda (mineral.)  Antidotes—Arsenic,
    Camphor, Nitri spiritus.
45. Nitri acidum. Nitric acid (a mineral acid.)  Antidotes—Calcarea carb.,
    Conium, Camphor, Hepar sulph., Sulphur.
46.  Nux vomica.  Nux vomica (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Aconite, Camphor,
    Coffea, Pulsatilla.
47.  Opium.  White Poppy (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Camphor, Coffea,  Calca-
    rea carb., Hepar sulph., Sulphur.
 48. Petroleum.  Rock  oil (mineral oil.)  Antidotes—Aconite, Nux vomica,
    Cocculus.
 49. Phosphorus.   Phosphor (mineral)   Antidotes—Camphor, Coffea, Nux
    vomica. 
LIST  OF  MEDICINES.
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50. Phosphori acidum.  Phosphoric acid (a mineral acid.)  Antidotes—Cam-
   phor, Coffea.
51. Platina (metal.) Antidotes—Pulsatilla, Belladonna.
52. Pulsatilla.   Meadow Anemone (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Chamomile,
    Coffea, Ignatia, Nux vomica.
53. Rheum.  Rhubarb (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Camphor, Chamomile, Nux
    vomica.
54. Rhus toxicodendron.  Rhus.  Sumach.  Poison Oak (vegetable.)  Anti-
    dotes—Belladonna,  Bryonia, Camphor, Coffea, Sulphur.
55. Sambucus (niger.)  Elder (vegetable.) Antidotes—Arsenic, Camphor.
56. Sanguinaria (Canadensis.)  Common Blood-root.
57. Secale (Cornutum.)  Ergot of Rye (vegetable.)   Antidotes—Camphor,
    Opium.
58.  Sepia.  Inky  juice of the Scuttle Fish (animal.)  Antidotes—Aconite,
    Spiritus Nitri, Vinegar.
59.  Silicea.  Siliceous Earth (mineral.)  Antidotes—Camphor, Hepar sulph.
60. Spigelia (anthelmentica.)  Indian Pink (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Cam-
    phor, Aurum.
61.  Spongia. (Marina  Tosta.) Burnt Sponge.  Antidotes—Camphor.
62.  Stannum.  Pure Tin (metal.)  Antidotes—Coffea, Pulsatilla.
63.  Staphysagria.  Stavesacre (vegetable.)  Antidote—Camphor.
64.  Stramonium.   Thorn Apple.   Gympsum weed (vegetable.)  Antidotes—
    Belladonna. Nux vomica.
65.  Sulphur (mineral.)  Antidotes—Aconite, Camphor, Mercury, Nux vom.,
    Pulsatilla.
66.  Sulphuric acid. Oil of Vitriol (a mineral acid.)  Antidote—Pulsatilla.
67.  Tartar Emetic Tartarized Antimony (mineral.) Antidotes—Cocculus,
    Ipecac, Pulsatilla.
68.  Tabacum.  Tobacco.  Antidotes—Camphor, Ipecac, Nux vomica.
69.  Thuja  (occidentalis.)  Arbor Vitae Tree (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Cam-
    phor, Pulsatilla.
70.  Veratrum (album.)  White Hellebore (vegetable.)  Antidotes—Ipecac,
    Arsenic, Camphor, Coffea, Aconite, China.

                           TINCTURES.

 1. Arnica,  Tincture.                2. Ruta, Tincture.
 3. Symphytum, Tincture.            4. Urtica Urens, Tincture.

  These tinctures are intended for external use only.  In preparing them for
 this purpose, put  from  four to ten drops in a teacupful of pure water;  mix
 well, and wash with it, or lay cloths, dipped in  the  mixture, on the parts
 affected. 
NOTICE TO HOMOEOPATHIC  PHARMACEUTISTS.

  It will be observed, that in this "Domestic Physician," Coffea, Bella-
donna, and Cina, are used in two preparations—the third  and the two
hundredth. The latter has cc- attached to  it, as Belladonna cc* show-
ing, in the Roman numerals, the potency.   It is expected that the prepa-
rations of these latter for the boxes are made in the greatest purity and
genuineness.   They can be procured  already in every large city of the
Union.
  The potencies of all the  other remedies are designed for those from the
mineral and animal kingdoms in the sixth, and for those from the vegeta-
ble kingdom in the third potency.  The tinctures mentioned in the " List
of Medicines" should accompany the  boxes. 
INTRODUCTION.
  To aid in the search for the proper place in the work,
where a disease may be found, its different popular names
have  been  always given, and recorded  carefully in  the
index.  Should, however, the identification of a disease be
difficult or  doubtful, it is  only necessary to  refer, in  the
book, to the divisions made as to the parts of the system
which are  affected,  such as  "Affections of the Head,
Chest,"  etc., where all the  ailments of  these  parts  are
generally put  together.  But there will scarcely ever arise
a difficulty in this respect; the index has been made very
complete, in view of saving the reader time  and unneces-
sary vexation.
  If a disease  is found,  it is expected that every thing will
be first read which is said concerning it in the article, be-
fore a selection of a remedy is made ; at the end  of each
article, the  proper  direction as to administration, diet,  and
reo-imen, is given.  Wherever the attention is directed to the
perusal of the Materia Medica, in treating on certain  reme-
dies,  the  medicine in question must  be looked for in the
Materia Medica, and its symptoms  carefully compared with
those of  the patient.   If  in  the  directions for diet  the 
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INTRODUCTION.
reader is advised to adhere to the usual homcepathic diet in
chronic diseases, etc., he will find its rules specified in the
following pages, under " Dietetic Rules."
  It is necessary to give an explanation in regard to sev-
eral remedies, Avhose names will be  found different in this
work from those used in other similar works.   Of the vari-
ous preparations of Mercury, only one kind has been used,
and whenever this is mentioned, under the name of Mer-
cury, the Mercurius vivus is  understood by it.  This was
done on account of not unnecessarily confusing the reader
with two different names for mercurial preparations, which
are essentially the same in their effects and use.   On that
account the  Mercurius sublimat. has been  left out entirely.
Its  use is, at  any  rate, confined to one disease only (the
dysentery), in the  treatment of which the Mercurius vivus
supplies its  place  completely.
  On the  other hand, three remedies— Coffea, Belladonna,
and Cina—appear in two different preparations in the book,
the one commonly  used bearing the simple name, while the
two-hundredth potency of these remedies have a cc' attached
to them, showing in the Roman  numerals the  degree of
potency.  Although a great  many more remedies  could
have been treated in the same manner, it  was not thought
advisable  to burden the book with more  therepeutical de-
tail, as it might  interfere with its other simple and practical
arrangements.   These  three remedies, however,  in  their
higher  potencies, seemed to be almost  indispensable, in a
useful work  of  this kind, as  their effects, when properly
indicated, can not well be produced by their lower attenua-
tions.   We invite particular attention to the use of Cina cc-,
in the  nervous worm symptoms, so  frequently experienced
in children, in  nightly attacks, which  quickly disappear
after the exhibition of one or two doses of  Cina cc-.  Every
homoeopathic practitioner can soon satisfy himself  in regard 
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to the efficiency of the highest potencies, by making the
above trial.
   In regard to our views on the preference of higher or lower
attenuations, we would remark, that  we consider homceo-
pathically legitimate  and practically useful, all potencies,
from  the mother  tincture and  first  trituration up to the
highest dilution, but that we do not use one exclusively or
all indiscriminately.  Practical observation and theoretical
researches have guided us in applying the  various attenua-
tions  with real  benefit, which  is not so difficult  as many
practitioners might believe.   There are principles accord-
ing to which the different potencies of a remedy must be
applied  in  different cases.   But to enlarge upon this sub-
ject here, would carry us too far;  we content ourselves by
remarking  that, for  a  domestic  family-chest, we  would
propose, as a general rule, the third potency for  all vege-
table medicines, and  the sixth potency for all  mineral and
animal medicines.  If this rule was once  adopted  by all
writers on homoeopathic  domestic practice, their several
works might be used with  benefit without  subjecting the
public to additional expense in procuring  different  med-
icine-chests for the works of different authors.
   For a successful treatment of  diseases,  every thing de-
pends,  besides  the selection of the  right, or  most ho-
moeopathic remedy, on the genuineness of  its preparation.
We would, therefore,  advise our  readers to procure their
medicine-chests from  persons whose competency or recom-
mendations can be relied  on ; and when  in their  pos-
session,  to take good care of them.  The  phials must not
be opened except when used;  each phial must receive its
own cork again, and no smelling medicinal substances must
be allowed to be near by, when a phial is  opened or medi-
cine is taken.   If a remedy is  prescribed to be  taken  in
water, a clean cup  or tumbler  must be selected, the pre- 
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INTRODUCTION.
scribed quantity of water, either rain or river water poured
in, then the medicine added, and, during- its solution, well
mixed with a clean teaspoon,  and aftenvard  covered well.
If more than one medicine is prescribed at a time, in water,
each one must be dissolved separately in a teacup, and each
one receive its own separate teaspoon, which must not be
changed during the administration of  the medicine.
  If a phial  is empty and shall be refilled, it is indispen-
sably  necessary  to cleanse it  first thoroughly  with warm
water  and dry it  perfectly on  a stove  or  in the sun,
before the homoeopathic  apothecary  is allowed to fill it.
Persons ought to attend to this scrupulously themselves, be-
before presenting  them for refilling;  because too much
depends on it, as regards the genuineness of the medicines.
  The medicines should be kept in a dry place, where no
odors can reach them.   A renewal of their strength, if well
kept, is not necessary for years ;  but if the slightest doubt
in this respect should arise, it is better to have  it renewed. 
DIETETIC  RULES.
  The observance of a strict diet is essential to the success
of a homoeopathic treatment,  not so much on account of
the injury done to the system by the use of improper arti-
cles, as because these might be antidotarian in their effects
to the medicine.  On this account, homceopathists so gen-
erally forbid coffee, it being an antidote  to most of their
remedies.  For the same reason, the use of all other things
of a medicinal nature is strictly forbidden, such  as spices,
perfumeries, perfumed waters, soda waters, spiced ices, etc.
  It is a general law of nature,  to eat and drink only that
which can sustain life, without producing any other effects,
that is, simple nutriment;  and as medicinal and spicy sub-
stances, although sometimes nutritious, are irritating and
stimulating, the strict law of nature excludes them peremp-
torily from the daily use (see " Hygiene.")
  Diet in Acute Diseases. — As dietetic  rules are  given for
each acute disease, separately throughout the book, it is not
necessary to mention them in this place.
  Diet in Chronic Diseases. — Consult the chapter on " Hy-
giene " on this  subject.
  There are certain principles which must guide us, during
the  treatment  of chronic  diseases, in  selecting  the arti-
cles  of  our  diet, even from  among those which are gen" 
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DIETETIC  RULES.
erally allowed.  If the  patient has  symptoms of fever or
irritation, in any part of the system,  he must avoid all arti-
cles of a stimulating character, such as meats, eggs, and
butter.   In such cases, he should confine himself to  a nu-
tritious vegetable diet, such as  potatoes, turnips,  rice, bar-
ley, etc.   If the disease appears mostly in the  digestive or-
gans, as  a chronic diarrhea, all  articles of a relaxing nature
are in themselves injurious, such as fruits and other green
vegetables, soups of meat, eggs, etc.   In cases where con-
stipation is present,  the opposite course must  be pursued.
  Another consideration is, that articles of food, which dis-
agree with the patient, although allowed, or wholesome for
others under similar  circumstances, must be strictly avoided
by him.

                  Aliments  Allowed.
  Beef  and Mutton baked,  roasted,  or  boiled, fresh or
smoked Tongue, lean Ham.
  Venison and wild  Fowl.
  Turkeys, Chickens, Pigeons.
  Fresh  scale  fish, oysters.
  Butter which is not rancid, mild new Cheese, raw or soft
boiled Eggs, or Eggs in Soups (except in cases  of diarrhea),
Meat-Soups, Broths, seasoned with salt only.
  All kinds of light Bread and Biscuit (except Soda-Bis-
cuit and other Bread made  with the addition of unusual
substances.)
  Puddings,  Dumplings or  Noodles  of  Wheat, Indian,
Rice, and Oat meal, not too heavy, fat, nor spiced.
  Cakes composed  of Meal, Eggs, Butter in  small  quan-
tity, and Sugar.
  Food prepared  of Arrowroot, Tapioca, Farina, Sago, Sa-
lep, Oatmeal, and the like.
  Irish  Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Turnips,  Carrots,  To- 
dietetic  rules.
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matoes, Colliflower, Spinage, and  green Peas, or Beans
(except in Colic and Diarrhea), Rice, Hominy, Pearl Bar-
ley, dried Peas, or Beans.
  Roasted or boiled, fresh or dried  Fruit, as Prunes, dried
Currants,  fresh ripe sweet Apples,  Peaches,  Strawberries,
Raspberries,  Gooseberries, and other sweet berries, and
Grapes (except in Colic and Diarrhea.)
  Water,  pure, or sweetened with Sugar, Currant Jelly,
Raspberry, or Strawberry Syrup, Toast water.
  Milk, in  its different preparations,  boiled  Milk, fresh
Whey, Buttermilk.
  Decoctions  of Barley, Malt,  Oat-meal,  Farina, Rice,
dried Fruit.   Cocoa boiled with Milk or Water, pure plain,
Chocolate, weak black Tea.
  Salt moderately used, Sugar.
  Icecreams flavored with Strawberry and Lemons.

                  Aliments Forbidden.
  Old smoked, salted Meat  and  salted Fish, old rancid
Butter and Cheese, Lard, fat Pork, Geese, Ducks,  Turtles
and Terrapins,  Fish  not having scales,  as Catfish, Eels,
Lobsters,  Crabs, Clams, and  Soups,  prepared from these
articles of food.   All food prepared with Blood, and much
animal fat.   All kinds of Sausages, particularly such as are
smoked.  The  flesh   of all young animals.  All  Soups
highly seasoned, Sauces, different  kinds of  Hash, drawn
Butter, Pepperpot.
  All kinds of  Cakes, or Pastry, prepared with much Fat
or  Aromatics,  Honey.  All  kinds  of colored Sugar-work
prepared by the confectioner, red Sugar,  sugared Almonds,
or  Peach-kernels.  Nuts of all  kinds.
   Radishes,  Celery, Horse-radish,  Garlic, Parsely,  Red or
Cayenne Pepper, Mustard, Saffron, Nutmeg, Vanilla, Lau-
rel  leaves,  bitter Almonds, Cloves,  Cinnamon,  Allspice, 
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DIETETIC rules.
Coriander,  Fennel,  Anise,  Coffee,  green  Tea,  spiced
Chocolate.
   All kinds of  spiritous liquors, Brandy, Rum, Whisky,
Gin,  Spirits, etc.  Liquors, or Cordials, and other drinks,
cold or warm, which are prepared with spiritous liquors, or
spices.
   All artificial and natural  Mineral Waters, Mead, Spruce
Beer, Soda Beer, Porter, Ale.

   N. B.  During the homoeopathic treatment especial care
should be taken by the patient to avoid allopathic medicine
of every description and form, pills, herb-teas, etc., inter-
nally and externally ; particularly all salves, aromatic  wa-
ters, hartshorn, smelling bottles, etc.; also, all  perfumery,
musk, cologne water, or other aromatic substances, tooth-
powders containing such ingredients, etc.; especially be
careful in using matches,  not to inhale the vapor  of  the
burning  sulphur ;  matches must be lit only where the va-
por can easily escape in a fireplace, or open hall.   Moder-
ate exercise  in the open air, as, also, a careful  observance
of all other hygienic rules (see the  article on Hygiene) is
strongly recommended. 
PART FIRST.
DESCRIPTION AND  TREATMENT
             or
         DISEASES. 
 
CHAPTER  I.
         GENERAL  DISEASES.

                     Rheumatism.

  Diagnosis. — Pains in the muscles and membranes, to-
gether with swelling of the surrounding cellular tissue,
light redness, and heat; caused by having taken cold.
  This is the general appearance of all rheumatic affections;
yet their degrees and complications are so numerous, that
it would almost require  a separate treatise to do justice to
such an extensive subject.   We confine ourselves, here, to
the more practical subdivision of acute and chronic rheuma-
tism.
   Beside, we would remark that  rheumatism, particularly
in the acute form, can exist in  any part of the  system,
creating there such an inflammation as  the  affected  organ
is naturally disposed to,  adding to  it only its own rheumatic
character.   For instance : a patient is attacked with rheu-
matism in the arms or limbs; this at once leaves those
muscles, and falls on the pleura, where it generates a pleu-
risy, not of the usual kind, but one which has the rheumatic
character — a rheumatic pleurisy.   In the same manner, we
 speak of  rheumatic pneumonia,  rheumatic inflammation
 of the  eye, heart,  etc.   In such  cases, we refer the reader
 to the respective  chapters,  where the diseases of these
 organs are specially treated.
   There exists an intrinsic difference between rheumatism
 and gout.   (See this article.) 
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general diseases.
       a.   Acute or Inflammatory Rheumatism.

   This form of rheumatism, especially, developes itself after
taking cold, or after any check of perspiration, sudden and
severe enough to unfit the  whole skin for its proper func-
tion of exhaling the imperceptible gases.   First, an uncom-
fortable sensation and restlessness will appear, followed by
chilliness  and feverishness in  alternation, thirst, constipa-
tion,  and  accelerated pulse;  then the  rheumatic pains
appear in  places  where   they  either  fix  themselves,
creating swelling, heat, and redness,  or  wander to other
parts, where they repeat the same process, while those  first
attacked heal gradually and get well.  In acute rheumatism,
we sometimes find a dry skin ;  at other times, a very moist
one, drenched with a watery perspiration, which does not
relieve the patient.  The perspiration which will relieve the
patient is greasy, thick, glutinous, and smells acrid or sour.
   Treatment. — In the beginning,  when the fever is high,
give, immediately,
   Aconite, dissolved,  12 glob, in half a teacupful of water,
every  two hours a teaspoonful, for six or eight times, or
until the fever has subsided.   After it,
   Bryonia, in the same manner, when the pains are worse
by motion or at night, when there is headache, fever, swell-
ing of the joints, and gastric derangement.  (See Bilious
Rheumatic Affection.)  Or,
   Belladonna, when Bryonia  does not relieve, or when the
parts are much swollen, very red, shining, and the patient is
sleepless at night, complaining of dryness in the mouth  and
throat.  Both remedies may  be given in  alternation, with
advantage.
   Chamomile, when, in the parts affected, there is a sensa-
tion of numbness  or paralysis, worse at night, the patient is
feverish, restless, agitated,  irritable. 
         ACUTE OR INFLAMMATORY  RHEUMATISM.         5

  Nux vomica, in alternation with Chamomile, when the
parts are numb,  cold air  aggravates, temper is irritable,
bowels constipated.
  Pulsatilla—the same feeling of numbness and paralysis,
but relieved by exposure to cool air, the patient wants to be
uncovered, and is of a mild temper  and whining mood,
worse in the  night;  the pains have  a great tendency to
change places.   (Shifting or wandering Rheumatism.)
  Mercury—pains increased in the heat  of the  bed, or
toward morning—also, when the patient perspires profusely
without being relieved  by  it.   Lachesis  suits well after Mer-
cury.
  Rhus — principal indication for its  use is: pains worse
during rest, or as  if  the flesh was torn from  the  bones;
worse in  cold,  damp toeather.  This remedy, when the latter
symptoms are present, alternates well with Bryonia.  (See
Bilious Rheumatic Affection.)   It  is, also,  of great use,
when there is  paralytic weakness or trembling of the extrem-
ities, on moving them.
  Administration — Give the above medicines in solution,
as stated under Aconite, but pause, after four teaspoonfuls of
each one have been given, for eight  or twelve hours, during
which time the effect must be looked for before another
remedy is selected.   As  soon as the  patient is better, all
medicine must be stopped, until he gets much worse again.
  Diet and Regimen. — As regards  nourishment,  the pa-
tient  must absolutely abstain from all meat, or soups of
meat, even long after the convalescence.   He  can have,
however, gruels of farinaceous substances, oatmeal, farina,
rice, etc., toast-water and cold water; during the fever,
warm lemonade and oranges.   Cover the patient well with
blankets, as many as his comfort  dictates.   Around the
swollen joints  and other parts affected, breast or neck, put
wool, just  from the  sheep, or, at  least, unwashed.  This 
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general diseases.
has, frequently, a very good effect.   If possible, consult a
homoeopathic physician.

b.  Chronic Rheumatism, or commonly called Rheumatism.

  If a person is severely troubled by chronic rheumatism,
let him at once apply to a homoeopathic physician, who will
give him relief, if it is at all in the power of medicine to do
so.   But, frequently, the reactive force of nature is already
so much weakened, that it first requires to be strengthened,
which can only be done by a systematic hydropathic  treat-
ment.  However, in cases of rheumatism, where the system
is  yet strong, the medicines,  as detailed below,  may be
used, and Avill be found efficacious in a majority of  them.
Beside the remedies recorded under  " Acute Rheumatism,"
which may also  be used for  chronic rheumatism, the fol-
lowing are the  principal ones:  Ignatia, Thuja,  Arnica,
Dulcamara, China, Veratrum, Arsenic, Phosphorus, Caustic,
Sulphur, Sepia.
  Stmptomatic Detail. — Ignatia:   Contusive pains, or as
if the flesh were detached from the bones ; worse at night,
ameliorated by change of posture.
  Thuja:  Tearing, pulsative  pains, as  from ulceration
under the skin, with a feeling of coldness and torpor  of the
parts  affected.   Pains worse  during  repose, or in  the
warmth of the bed.  Pain in the right shoulder and arm,
better on movement.
  Arnica :  Pains as if the parts were strained or bruised,
with a feeling as if they were resting on too hard a surface ; a
tingling in the hand, red and shining swelling, worse when
attempting to move.   (Suitable before or after China, Ar-
senic, Rhus.)
  Dulcamara:  Pains  after  getting cold, wet, worse  at
night, during repose, and without much fever. 
CHRONIC RHEUMATISM.--GOUT.
7
   China:   Pains, worse on the slightest touch, with easy
perspiration, the sore parts feel very weak, almost paralysed.
   Veratrum :  Pains, as if from a bruise ; worse by warmth
and  bad weather;  better by walking;  very weak and
trembling.
  Arsenic :  Burning, tearing pains, insupportable at night,
worse by cold air, and mitigated by external heat.
  Phosphorus :   Tearing and  drawing pains,  excited by
the slightest chill;  headache, vertigo, and oppression of
the chest.
   Caustic:   The pains are insupportable in the open air;
less severe in a room, or in bed; also, when there is paralytic
weakness with rigidity and incurvation of the parts effected.
  Sulphur:   In  almost all cases of chronic, and after a
spell of inflammatory rheumatism, when the pains yet linger
about.  Often after Aconite, Belladonna, Bryonia, Mercury,
or Pulsatilla.
  Sepia:  For rheumatic affections in tall, slender persons,
especially females.
  Administration. — In chronic rheumatism, the remedies
ought not to be repeated often; every three or four days,
one dose (four to  six glob.) is enough.  After a remedy has
been tried for ten or fourteen days, another may be chosen,
if no improvement has appeared.
  Diet and Regimen. — The patient must abstain, during
the treatment, from all meats, at least, as much as possible ;
must not expose himself to the changes of the weather, and
should wear, on his skin, flannel underclothes, except while
using hydropathy ;  in which case, he can do without them.

                   Gout.  (Arthritis.)
  Diagnosis. — The symptoms of this  disease  are  very
similar to those of inflammatory rheumatism ; consequently,
the remedies will be almost the same.  It is  characterized 
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GENERAL DISEASES.
by pains in the joints, with  inflammatory swelling; or, in
chronic cases, with a swelling of the joints, caused by de-
posits in them of a  calcareous substance, which  impedes
their movements and causes them to make a cracking noise.
There is always  connected with  an attack  of gout, flatu-
lency, acid stomach, and other derangements of the digestive
organs.   The principal differences between rheumatism and
gout are : rheumatism attacks more the muscles and mem-
branes—gout, more the joints ; rheumatism is hardly ever
complicated with derangement of the  digestive  organs ;
gout is never without that—has, besides, permanent swell-
ing of the joints, by calcareous deposit, which rheumatism
never has.   Rheumatism is caused by taking cold ; conse-
quently, depends on external causes; while gout is generated
by  internal  causes, amounting,  sometimes,  to hereditary
predisposition.   Both diseases, however, can intermix with
each other, one taking the form of the other.
  We again acknowledge an acute and chronic form of gout;
recommending for both the same  remedies, which we re-
recorded under the two forms of rheumatism.   We would
add only one more remedy to this list; it is
  Antimon. crud., when the attack is attended with nausea
and a white-coated tongue ;  pains are worse after eating, in
the night, after drinking wine, and in the heat of  the sun ;
mitigated during repose, and in the cool air.
  To make the selection of remedies easier, we will give a
tabular view of them, in the different  gouty complaints.
Their details will be found under "Rheumatism."
  For inflammatory gout:  Aconite, Antimon. crud., Bryo-
nia, China,  Nux vomica, Arsenic, Pulsatilla,  Arnica.
  For the  same,  with  gastric  derangement:  Antimon.
crud.
  For the shifting, wandering, flying gout: Pulsatilla, Ar-
nica, Nux vomica. 
LUMBAGO--NOTALGIA.                9
  For gout with great swelling:  Antimon.  crud.,  Arnica,
Bryonia, Rhus,  China, Sulphur.
  For the gouty nods and lumps : Antimon. crud., Bryonia,
Calcarea.
  For gout in persons addicted to spiritous liquors: Nux
vomica, Aconite, Sulphur,  Calcarea.
  For gout in persons called high livers :  Pulsatilla, China,
Antimon. crud.,  Sulphur,  Calcarea.
  For those who sometimes work in the water : Pulsatilla,
Sulphur, Calcarea, Dulcamara, Rhus.
  For gout confined to the big toe (Podagra) : Pulsatilla,
Arnica.
  Administration, Diet  and Regimen, the  same  as in
" Rheumatism."
     Pains in the Small of the Back and Loins.
                  Notalgia.  Lumbago.
  Diagnosis. — Violent pain  in the region of the  small of
the back  and loins, more or less  permanent, sometimes
periodical, but mostly excited by seemingly external causes.
This  species of lumbago  (back and loin-ache) occurs, fre-
quently, after any quick  motion of the back, as  in rising
from a stooping position.  The patient is suddenly  seized
with a violent pain as if produced by an arrow shot into the
part; it pins  him, as it were, into a fixed attitude, from
which he can  not stir without suffering torture, and forces
him to keep quiet.
  Although this disease is  essentially rheumatic  in its
character and process, yet its foundation is constitutional;
sometimes  a predisposition is  acquired by overstraining the
muscular system by hard labor during exposure to wet and
cold,  or, even without that, a disposition to hemorrhoidal
{piles) congestion of blood to these parts, which may some-
times increase to a real inflammation of the spine, the spinal
       2* 
 10                GENERAL diseases.

 marrow (myelitis), or go over, if not  cured, into a chronic
 spinal affection.
   Treatment. — Aconite is  the  principal  remedy in the
 commencement, and does more than the lancet can accom-
 plish, Avhich the old school  always applies in  such  cases,
 but  ought not to be used, since Aconite fulfills all our ex-
 pectations.
   Arnica, alternately with Rhus,  if this disease is  really
 the  result of falling, overlifting, or any  other  mechanical
 injury.
   Bryonia, if the pains in the back  are pressing; the pa-
 tient can not walk erect; Avorse after the slightest motion,
 or current of cold air; patient feels chilly ;  head and limbs
 ache.
   Rhus,  in  alternation  with Bryonia, if the patient feels
 very weak,  trembling,  has  to get up sometimes to  ease
 himself; throws himself about in the night.   After external
 injury, see Arnica.
   Bellad., after Aconite and  Bryonia,  under similar  symp-
 toms, but more suitable for fleshy females during the (change
 of life) critical period ;  in alternation with Rhus, when the
 feverishness attending the attack is complicated with  rest-
 lessness, dryness of mouth and throat, headache.
   Nux vomica, if the parts  feel  as if tired,  or very much
fatigued, during the attack ;  pains  are worse by motion and
 turning in bed; constipation, irritability of temper.  Suita-
 ble  for persons with a  disposition to piles, or addicted to
 spiritous liquors.
   Mercury, in alternation with Nux vomica,  if catarrhalic
 diseases, influenza, etc., prevail, or  a tendency to dysentery;
 or if the patient feels  very weak, perspires a great  deal
 without relief, worse at night.
   Pulsatilla:  Resembling  the  pains under  Nux vomica,
 but  caused by obstructions  or  irregularity of  the courses 
PAIN IN THE  HIP--HIP  DISEASE.           11
(menses) in younger females of a mild, sensitive, or phleg-
matic character.
  Administration. — Same as in "Rheumatism."
  Diet and  Regimen. — Also the same.   We would  ad-
vise those afflicted with this  disease, to  lie down immedi-
ately on a mattress, or something similar, and  not  attempt
to brave it out, as the medicine will not be able to cure as
quickly, and  chronic weakness of the back remains, together
Avith a liability to a return of the disease.

           Pain in the  Hip.  Hip Disease.
              Sciatica.   Coxalgia.  Coxagra.

  Diagnosis. — Pain in the region of the hip joint, extend-
ing to the knee, even to the foot, accurately following  the
course of the sciatic nerve.  Its continual severity may  im-
pede the motion of the foot,  producing  stiffness and con-
traction, disturbing the rest at night, and thereby inducing
general uneasiness and emaciation.
  In sciatica, or pain in the hip, the pain manifests itself
only on the outside of the hip and leg, during repose as well
as during motion, showing its neuralgic character ; while, in
coxagra  (morbus coxarius), the pain appears  only  during
motion and in stepping, showing its inflammatory character;
running in front to the knee, protruding and  lengthening
the leg.  It can terminate in suppuration (white swelling).
  These diseases are  of great  importance, and ought not to
be  neglected, but  immediately put under the care of a
skillful homoeopathic physician, as scrofula is  either their
remote cause, or excited  by them, especially  in children,
in whom they  often occasion  the  so  called  spontaneous
limping (coxalgia infantilis) and white swelling,  particularly
Avhen badly treated at first by allopathic remedies.
  Treatment. — The principal remedies in these diseases 
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GENERAL DISEASES.
are those again already enumerated under the headings of
"Rheumatism" and  "Gout."   We will give them  here
again, to facilitate the selection :
  In sciatica (ischias) : Chamomile, Bryonia, Rhus, Arsenic,
Ignatia, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla.
  In coxagra (hip disease) :   Colocynth, Belladonna, Hepar,
Lachesis, Silicea, Mercury, Sulphur.
  In spontaneous limping, Mercury and Belladonna in altern-
ation ; every few days, a dose :  Rhus, Colocynth, Pulsatilla,
Sulphur, Calcarea.
  Symptomatic Detail.—Aconite, in alternation with Bel-
ladonna or Bryonia, where the attack is accompanied with
a great deal of fever.
  Belladonna,  in  the inflammatory stage  (see Aconite),
Avhen the pain is increased on the slightest movement, with
limping,  and  on the  parts  affected the skin is red  and
shining; dryness of the throat; burning fever.  After it,
Mercury.
  Bryonia, under similar symptoms as Belladonna, but par-
ticularly where the parts affected are more painful than red ;
constipation.  After it, Rhus.
  Rhus:   Darting, tearing, or dragging pains in the hip-
joint, Avith  tension and stiffness in the muscles;  worse
during repose, or when rising from a sitting posture.
   Chamomile :  Pains worse at night in bed, after having
recently  taken cold;  patient is irritable; does  not  know
what he wants.
  Mercury :  Sharp, cutting, burning pains ; worse at night,
or  during  movement; profuse  perspiration  vnthout  relief.
After Belladonna ; before Hepar.
  Ignatia :   Cutting pains, ameliorated by change of posi-
tion, temperament mild, yet vacillating between high  and
low spirits.
   Pulsatilla :  Pains worse in the evening  or  night, and 
             PAIN IN THE  HIP--HIP  DISEASE.           13

when seated; relieved in the open air; temperament phleg-
matic ; mild disposition.
  Nux vomica :   Pains worse in the morning ; worse in the
open air ; temperament irritable, morose ;  constipation.
  Arsenic:  Burning pains, with great restlessness, obliging
the patient to move the limb ; pains appear periodically, or
in spells, (alternate  Avith  China);  mitigated by external
heat; patient wants to lie down, feels very weak ; emacia-
tion of the  limb after  long  suffering, (in alternation with
Silicea.)
   Colocynth.  This is the first and principal medicine in
hip diseases, acute or chronic,  particularly when there is
the sensation of a tight band around the hips and back, and
the pains run down from the region  of the kidneys into the
leg; spontaneous limping; pains  are worse  lying  on the
back, or after a fit of anger or indignation.
   Hepar after Mercury, Avhen this has not relieved.
   Silicea, when the disease assumes the chronic form, after
Hepar ; or, where emanciation has taken place, in alterna-
tion with Arsenic, and, afterward, with Iodine.
   Sulphur, in chronic cases, where other remedies have not
entirely relieved.
   Lachesis:  Emaciation, Avith tearing   and  contracting
pain in the joint;  dread of exercise ; deeply penetrating sup-
purations, (in alternation with Silicea.)
   Administration. — In the  sciatica (ischias), as well as
the febrile  stage of  the coxagra,  give the medicines as re-
quired in the acute form of " Rheumatism," (see this article.)
In  the chronic  form (suppurative stage)  of  coxagra, give
the remedies as stated in " Chronic Rheumatism."
   Diet and Regimen. — The  same as in " Rheumatism,"
but without outward applications, save cold-water bandages,
in any stage of the disease, when the patient can bear them,
and feels relieved after them. 
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GENERAL  DISEASES.
      Inflammation  of the Knee Joint.   (Gonitis.)

   Inflammation and sAvelling of this important joint, requires
 the use of Aconite and Belladonna, Bryonia, Rhus, Lachesis,
 Mercury, one after the other, if the first two have not allayed
 the inflammation.  If  suppuration threatens, which is indi-
 cated by the swelling not  going  down  after the severest
 fever is over,  give  Sulphur; in eight days, Silicea, and
 consult medical aid.
   Administration of  Aconite, Belladonna, and the  other
 remedies, the same as  in " Acute Rheumatism."
   Diet  and Regimen. — Also the same, but without any
 outward application, save cold-Avater bandages, when the
 patient feels relieved by them, at any stage of the disease.

    Inflammation of  the Psoas Muscle.  (Psoitis.)
   Diagnosis. — Pain in the region of the kidneys, hip, and
 downward to the leg, which can not be stretched, or drawn
 near  to the abdomen, without pain; increased,  also,  by
 turning when lying and lifting, with a feeling of numbness
 of the affected  side ; walking is possible only by hobbling,
 with the body bent forAvard.   Although not often fatal, yet
 it is very important in its consequences, as its issues may
 give rise to  lingering diseases.   If suppuration takes place,
 by not preventing it in time, the matter discharges itself in
 the abdomen, and causes death ; or it sinks down farther
 and farther, until  it reaches, sometimes, even the knee,
 before it escapes;  frequently, the spine becomes affected and
 is rendered carious in such cases.  The causes of this dis-
 ease are, beside external injuries, rheumatism and piles.
  Treatment. — Give,  first,  Aconite  and Bryonia, in al-
ternation, every two,  three, or  four  hours, a  dose (four
glob.) ;   afterward,  Bellad.  or  Nux vom.,  if not  relieved
within twenty-four hours,  and  when the pains   increase 
         CRAMP IN THE LEGS.--SWEATING FEET.       15

during motion; Rhus and Pulsatilla, however, when the
pains are worse during rest; Mercury and Chamomile, when
the pains are worse at night.
   Staphysag., when the pains are  beating, indicating inci-
pient suppuration.
   Colocynth, when the disease assumes the chronic form.
   If possible, consult a physician in this important disease.
   Administration, Diet,  and Regimen, as  in "Affection
of the Knee Joint."

                  Cramp  in the Legs.

   Some persons are habitually addicted to  cramp in the
legs, from various  causes.   The  first remedy, which every
one naturally will resort to, is, to rub the parts taken with
the cramp, either with the hands or a rough towel, which.
in a short time, will destroy the  spasm.  Another expedi-
ent is, to jump on the cold floor of the room, if the cramp
ocurred on the calves of the legs, and while in bed; but, if
it should occur too frequently in  the night, take
   Veratrum, every night  a  dose  (four glob.), for a few
nights ; or,  if it occurs in pregnant females,
   Secale, in the same manner.
   If in the day time, take Rhus, in the morning, in the
same manner.
   Sulphur may finish the cure, if necessary.
   Diet and Regimen, as in all chronic diseases.

                    Sweating Feet.

   This  is a complaint with  which a great  many persons
are  afflicted.  It  is generally  connected  with  a quali-
tative corruption of the secretions,  by which a bad smell is
emitted, thereby rendering the complaint very disagreeable.
It can be easily suppressed by alum  and  sugar of lead 
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GENERAL  DISEASES.
ablutions; but he Avho ventures to do so, risks being taken
with blindness, deafness, asthma, consumption, etc.
  Homoeopathy  possesses remedies, which, when applied
rightly, will insure a permanent and safe cure.
  Treatment. — Rhus, inwardly, every third  evening, six
glob., to be continued for, at least, four weeks, Avhen two
weeks must elapse before the next remedy may be taken.
During the first four weeks, bathe the feet every other
evening, in cold water, into Avhich four drops of the mother
tincture of Rhus  (to be had in any homoeopathic pharmacy)
have been dropped.
  Silicea  is the next remedy  after Rhus, if this has not
already ameliorated the complaint; to be taken in the same
manner.  In this way, alternate Avith these two remedies until
better, or apply to a homoeopathic physician, who has more
remedies at his command, which can be  chosen, however,
only according to the individual constitutionality of each
one's case.

                  Goitre.   (Struma.)

  This disease consists in a swelling of the  thyreoid gland,
in front of the throat. It is, in the majority of  cases, of a
scrofulous  origin;  depends,  sometimes,  however,  on  an
endemical cause  ; it occurs most frequently on mountains,
especially at their base, and in their valleys.
  Treatment. — Take, internally,  Spongia, every evenino-
a dose (six glob.), and wash  externally with  a solution of
the tincture  of  Iodine diluted in alcohol, every evening,
until it disappears.
  If this treatment does  not  disperse the goitre within two
months, apply to a homoeopathic physician, who has other
remedies, suitable for each individual case.
  Diet, as usual in chronic diseases. 
SLEEPLESSNESS.--NIGHTMARE.
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              Sleeplessness.  (Agrypnia.)

  This  disease consists in an impossibility to sleep, with-
out any other disease, or any external or  internal cause
to disturb the sleep.  If it continues for months and years,
a serious disturbance  of all  functions must ensue.   In
infants, particularly, it becomes a distressing circumstance
for mothers and nurses, as we often  are unable to find out
its cause.
  Treatment. — Coffea and  Belladonna, two doses in al-
ternation  (in children,  Coffea cc- and  Bellad. cc), every
hour one dose (four glob.) frequently allays the overexcite-
ment of the nervous system.
  If this will not do one night, try, on the next,
  Hyoscyamus, especially after severe illness.
  Ignatia, when caused by grief, indignation.
  Nux vomica, when from study and meditation in hypo-
chondriacs.
   Opium, .after fright and fear, or in old people, or where
frightful visions appear when closing the eyes.
  Pulsatilla, when having indulged too freely in eating.
  Aconite, when caused by agitating events  and anxiety.
  If caused by drinking tea or coffee, see their antidotes in
the articles respecting these substances.
  In children, beside Coffea and Bellad., are recommended,
Cham., Jalap, and Rheum., when it is caused  by colic.  See
this article in "Diseases of Children."
  Beside these remedies, a sponge-bath of cold water every
evening when going to bed, is strongly recommended.

                Nightmare.  (Incubus.)
  A well-known troublesome disease, consisting in a heavy
pressure on the precordial region, which impedes breathing,
creating thereby many images of fancy, monsters, robbers, 
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GENERAL  DISEASES.
bears, etc.  It occurs  mostly  in the first hours  of sleep,
and, if recurring every night, would certainly injure the
general state of health.
  It is caused either by an overloaded stomach, congestion
of the blood to the abdomen, or to the precordial region,
when lying on the back.
  Treatment. — Persons  liable to  this disease  must first
avoid the  above-mentioned exciting causes, and  then the
following  remedies will have their effect:
  Aconite :  Especially in women and children, when fever-
ishness,  oppression  of  the chest, anxiety, and inquietude,
prevails.
  Nux vomica, after drinking spiritous liquors, eating a full
meal in the night, or by sedentary habits.
   Opium:  The principal remedy in severe attacks, snoring
respiration, eyes half open, face covered with cold perspi-
ration, and convulsive movements of the limbs.
  Beside  these remedies, daily exercise in the  open air,
the use  of cold water  internally,  and externally in shower
or sponge  baths, are recommended.

                 Palsy.   (Paralysis.)

  This affection of  the nerves of voluntary motion, is one
of those diseases, to remove which,  it requires the greatest
skill of  a  physician; and, by  bringing it under our notice
here, we intend merely to warn our readers not to waste
time, health, and money, in using  a variety of  nostrums
which might be recommended for it; but to apply at once
to a skillful homoeopathic  physician, who can effect a cure
in a majority of cases.   Besides,  we  will record a  few
remedies,  with which such a cure may be commenced.
  If from debility caused by loss of  fluids, China, Ferrum,
Sulphur. 
PALSY.--DELIRIUM TREMENS.
19
  If from suppression of an eruption or habitual discharge,
Lachesis, Sulphur,  Caustic.
  If from rheumatism, Bryonia, Rhus, Arnica, Lycopodium.
  If from apoplexy, Ipecac, Lachesis, Lycopodium.
  If from handling whitelead, or exposure  to  the fumes of
lead,  Opium, Bellad., Platina, Pulsatilla.
  If the facial muscles are paralysed, Bellad., Graphites,
Caustic.
  If the tongue, Bellad., Opium, Stramonium, Hyoscyamus,
Lachesis.
  If the arms, Bellad., Lachesis, Nux vomica, Opium, Ly-
copodium.
  If the lower limbs, Cocculus, Opium, Nuxvom., Stannum,
Silicea.
  Electricity  and Galvanism may be used in this disease
with the greatest advantage, as also the cold water in bath-
ing and drinking.   See  "Hydropathy."

          Delirium Tremens.  (Mania a potu.)

  This terrible  disease is almost exclusively confined to
drunkards and  opium-eaters, who  are  taken, especially
when exhausted  otherwise, with a delirium and frenzy, in
which appearances  of horrible monsters, animals, figures of
all kinds, frighten their imagination, combined with ravings,
convulsion fits,  and complete  inability  to sleep.  In  the
long  and  sleepless hours, they converse incessantly with
these supposed  realities,  by  which they wear out their
strength more and more.
  Treatment. — Opium is the specific in this disease, if it
is caused by  ardent  spirits,  as this drug is  itself able to
produce such a  disease.   Give of it, every  hour or two
hours, a dose (one or two drops of a diluted  tincture of
opium), for at least twenty hours, to see its effects.  After
this, give  Bellad., Nux vom.,  Sulphur, one after the other, 
20                 GENERAL  diseases.
each, for twenty-four hours, every three or four hours a
dose (six glob.)  If nothing will produce sleep, give Lach-
esis and Arsenic, in alternation, every three hours a dose,
(four glob.)
  Let the  patient drink freely of ice water, as the  best
stimulus which can be substituted.  For solid nourishment,
give him hard toasted bread ;  as soon as he is convalescent,
give him good beefsteak, bread, and water, on  which he
has to subsist for a long time.   In this way, I have cured
very bad cases, and had the  satisfaction to see  them not
only restored to health again, but to usefulness  and their
friends, as  they never relapsed into their former error.

                 Epilepsy.   (Epilepsia.)
  Diagnosis. — Convulsive  motions, with loss of  conscious-
ness ;  falling down, with cries, foaming  at  the mouth, the
thumbs flexed into the palms of the hands.  The loss of
consciousness is the most  essential symptom, not  the vio-
lence of the convulsions.   The weakest convulsion,  with
unconsciousness, is epilepsy, while the most violent convul-
sion, but with consciousness, is not epileptic.
  Most of the epileptic patients can be cured, but  it requires
the attendance of a skillful homoeopathic practitioner.   We
refrain, therefore, from mentioning here any more of the
treatment  of  this disease,  but that which relates to the
attack itself.
  Treatment. — A patient in an epileptic fit must be placed
in  a position in which he can  not hurt  himself;  give
him, however, full liberty of his own actions, without hold-
ing him, or forcing open his  thumbs, which is of no use.
If  convenient, put between his  teeth a cork or piece of
Avood, to prevent his tongue being injured.  As  soon as
possible, give him one dose (four glob.)  of  Belladonna; or
if his face is dark and congested, his breathing very  hard
and snoring, a dose of Opium, (four glob.) 
ST. VITUS'S DANCE.--LOCKJAW.
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            St. Vitus's Dance.  (Chorea.)
  Diagnosis. — Involuntary motions of single members of
the body, mostly in such a manner as the patient was in the
habit of using them, wandering from one part to the other,
with full consciousness, which is a distinctive feature of this
disease  from epilepsy.   It varies very much in degree;
occurs most frequently at the time of the  development of
puberty, from  the  seventh to the sixteenth year, more
among the female sex, more  in moist regions on the sea-
coast than in more elevated places.  It may occur, also, as
an epidemic, and is then infectious,  particularly when large
crowds  meet.   It is not a dangerous disease, but trouble-
some, and  may lead to other derangements;  ought to  be
attended to, therefore, immediately, as, in such a case, it
can easily be cured.
   Treatment. — As we recommend our readers to apply,
in a case of this kind, to a homoeopathic physician at once,
we limit our remarks  on the treatment to a few remedies,
which may be given in the beginning.
   Ignatia,  every evening a dose (six glob.) for eight days ;
after it,
   Sulphur, every other evening a dose (six glob.) for eight
days, and then discontinue for three or four weeks, to await
the effect.
   Diet and Regimen. —No greasy substances,  no coffee
or tea, but good plain food.  Try to divert the attention of
the  patient from his  disease;  never  speak  of  it in  his
presence.
            Tetanus.  Trismus.   (Lockjaw.)
   Diagnosis.—Constant  spasmodic  contraction  of one
 muscle, or all the muscles.  According to the parts affected
 and the direction in  which the body is drawn, the disease
 has received  different names, which  distinction does  not 
22                general diseases.
come, however, within the limits of our description, as such
severe diseases  as  these will require medical  aid.  We
intend here to speak more especially of one form of tetanus,
called trismus or lockjaw, which is of frequent occurrence
in southern latitudes,  and, from its  quick termination, re-
quires prompt action and, therefore, domestic attention.

                 Lockjaw.   (Trismus.)

   It arises immediately after a wound has been inflicted, in
consequence  of  the violent pain  and nervous irritation, in
which case it proves fatal in a very short time ; or it occurs
in the first few days after the infliction of a wound, during
its inflammatory stage, or from eight to ten days  afterward,
while the wound is healing  and  suppurating, without  any
pain  and inflammation.  The exciting causes are,  mental
affections, taking cold,  corrupt air, foreign bodies in the
wound, tension and distraction of single fibres in the wound.
The most dangerous  are the stitch-wounds  in  tendonous
parts, as in the sole of the foot and the palm of  the hand.
The pulse frequently remains normal, the head free, yet
there is great anxiety and oppressed breathing.
   Treatment. — Enlarge the wound, if possible, and poul-
tice it with bread and milk.  Besides, give the following
remedies:
   Arnica.  In the beginning, externally, in a wash or
fomentation;  internally, in globules or drops,  every two
hours a dose (four glob, or one drop.)
   Belladonna and Lachesis, in alternation, in the same dose
and time, if the spasms increase.   If no improvement after
twelve hours takes place, give Opium  and Hyoscyamus in
the same manner.
   Rhus and Ignatia, in case the body is bent backward, in
the form of an arch.  Administer it in the same  manner. 
              SOMNOLENCY.--FATIGUE, ETC.            23

  Stramonium, in the same form of lockjaw, if the two
former remedies were of no avail.
  Diet and  Regimen. — The same as in fevers.

               Somnolency.  Lethargy.

  Diagnosis. — A  sleep,  continued  beyond the natural
time, for days or weeks.   During this time, short intervals
of waking intervene, but  the  patient soon  relapses  into
sleep again.  Nourishment can be given  only by injecting
fluid aliments ;  otherwise, the functions  of life are not dis-
turbed.
  In such cases, a physician will be consulted; but, up to
the time  of his coming, the following  medicines may be
given:
   Opium, if the pulse is full and slow, the breathing snor-
ing, and the face  very  red, even dark; every three hours
a dose, or until better.
  Belladonna, if the head  is hot and the feet are cold;
pulse accelerated and hard.
  Lachesis, if the pulse is very Aveak;  besides, Aconite,
 Veratrum, Pulsatilla, Phosphoric acid, one after the  other,
if necessary.

    Fatigue, Overheating,  and Mental Exhaustion.

  Arnica, for a feeling as if the body were  bruised, after
over-exertion of the body, and too long and fast traveling
on foot.
  Rhus:  Pains in the  joints.  After Arnica, if this was
not sufficient.
   China:  Weakness after loss of fluids, or heavy perspi-
rations.
   Veratrum, if persons are so fatigued as  to cause fainting,
in alternation with Ipecac. 
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general diseases.
   Coffea and Camphor, in alternation, when the system  is
exhausted by  disease, abstinence from food, or violent ex-
ercise.
   Cocculus and Nux vom., if caused by long night-watching.
  Aconite,  if,  with weakness, there is palpitation of the
heart, pain in the side, difficulty of breathing, aching in the
limbs, from running  fast;  and then  in  alternation with
Bryonia.
  Administration. — Dissolve twelve glob, of a remedy  in
half a teacupful of water, and give, every half-hour or hour,
a teaspoonful,  until better.
  If overheated by bodily  exercise in the summer, take a
little brandy and water, and no cold drinks until  restored
again; or, if possible, take a warm bath for twenty minutes.
If the limbs feel sore, rub with Arnica, or alcohol in which
soap is dissolved.
  For mental  exhaustion by overstudy  or anxious night-
watching, take  Nux vomica;  if very much excited  and
sleepless, Coffea;  if with fullness of the head, Belladonna.

           Fainting,  Swooning.   (Syncope.)
  Nervous persons,  particularly females,  are  subject  to
fainting fits, excited by various causes, external or internal.
The first thing to be done is, to lay the patient quietly on
a bed or couch, where the fresh air is accessible ; loosen
everything tight about the neck, chest, and stomach,  and
sprinkle cold  water  in the  face,  for  a  minute  or  two ;
during this time some one has procured spirits of camphor,
which now may be held under the  nose, to be inhaled.
This, in most  cases, is sufficient to restore the patient for
the time, who must now be let alone, to gather strength.
If the cause of the  fainting can be ascertained, one of the
following remedies may be given, to destroy the bad conse-
quences which the attack may have on the nervous system. 
FAINTING--SWOONING.                25
   If  caused by fright, Aconite,  Opium,  Sambucus,  Sta-
physag., Veratrum.
   By excessive joy, Coffea, Aconite, Opium.
   By anger, Pulsatilla, Platina, Nux vom.,  Chamomile.
   By excessive pain, Veratrum, Aconite, Chamomile.
   By the slightest pain, Hepar.
   By grief, mortification,  Ignatia,  Colocynth, Platina, Mer-
cury,  Phosphor, acid, Staphysag.
   B<y fear, Ignatia, Pulsatilla,  Veratrum,  Opium.
   By depletion, blood-letting, etc.,  China,  Carbo veg.,  Vera-
trum, when, also, a little wine or brandy and water may be
giAen.
   Administration. — Dissolve tAvelve glob, ojf the selected
medicine in half a teacupful of water, and give, every five
or ten minutes, a teaspoonful.  If not relieved in twenty or
thirty minutes, prepare and give another  remedy in the
same manner.

                   Apparent  Death.
   Whenever a sudden extinction of life appears, our suspi-
cion must be aroused, as regards the real or apparent death
of the individual, in  as far as we frequently might be  able
to restore the apparently dead to life  again, if we  would
only  take  the trouble  and have  the  patience to use the
requisite means.   And even when these are applied, it is
often done in  an unsystematic manner.
   As  most cases of apparent death  occur under violent
circumstances, such as drowning, hanging, etc., it is  quite
natural that the minds  of the  bystanders become agitated
and confused, not knowing what  is first to  be done.   This
uncertainty and hurry of action, however, can not produce
any favorable results in resuscitating the apparently dead.
   It  is  of the utmost importance to remain self-possessed,
to reflect well, and then to do only one thing at a time,
        3 
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GENERAL DISEASES.
until all available means to restore  life are  exhausted.
There  are  a great many accidents in life, by  Avhich its
existence is put in jeopardy.   We will  enumerate  them
here, and the means which ought to be used.   On poison-
ing, we give a separate chapter.
           1.  Apparent Death from Hunger.
  If starvation was the cause of an apparent suspension of
life, inject small quantities of warm milk mixed with a very
little brandy or Madeira wine ; beside, lay cloths, dipped in
warm milk and brandy, on the stomach.  Do not  attempt to
give any nourishment by the mouth, until after the patient
has commenced  breathing again, at which time the warm
milk may  be  given  to  him,  drop  by  drop, through
the mouth.   Increase  the doses of milk very  gradually,
until the patient can take a teaspoonful; then a few drops
of wine or brandy will be salutary.   After a while, give
him small  quantities of beef-tea, or other broth.  Solid
food is not allowed, until after the patient has had a sound,
healthy sleep; and even then, he  has to be very careful
in not  eating too much at a time, or indulging in anything
indigestible.
          2.  Apparent Death from Drowning.
  The  following cautions ought to be observed :
  1. Be quick, but not rough, in all that has to be done.
  2. Do not roll the body on casks.
  3. Do not hold it up by the feet.
  4. Do not rub the body with salts  or spirits, nor inject
smoke  or infusion of tobacco.
  5. Do not bleed the patient.
  But do the following, immediately :
  1. Convey the body, carefully,  in  a raised position, to
the nearest  house, if possible ;  or, if  not, lay  it on a dry,
sandy place, in the hot sun. 
APPARENT DEATH.                 27
  2. Strip the body, and rub it dry; then wrap it in warm
blankets, either in a warm bed, or in heated sand or ashes,
until other means  of warming the body can be procured,
such as bottles of hot water, warming pans, heated bricks,
etc., which may  be applied  successively on the stomach,
spine, thighs,  under the armpits, and soles of the feet.
  3. Wipe and cleanse  the mouth,  nostrils, and throat,
carefully; during this operation  the  body may be turned
on its side, the head bent forward, to allow the water to run
out of the mouth ; all the water which can run out is in the
mouth.
  4. Rub, continually and  briskly,  the whole body with
the hands or with warm cloths.  Do not suspend, however,
the use of the other means.
  5. From time to time, try to inflate the lungs of the patient,
by introducing into one of the nostrils the pipe of a pair of
bellows, carefully closing the mouth and the other nostril;
blow the bellows  gently till the  chest rises, then set the
mouth and nostrils free  and press lightly on the chest, to
eject the air from the lungs ; after which, the same process
must be repeated and continued for some time.
  6.  Immerse the body, if  possible, in a  warm bath, at
blood heat.
  7.  Electricity or galvanism may also be  used.
  8. Put a few globules  of Lachesis and, afterward, Opium
on the tongue of the patient.
  9.  Continue this treatment for, at least, four or six hours;
even if then no signs of life  appear, do not remove the body
immediately from its position, but wait until signs  of  de-
composition are manifest.
   If, however, the patient recovers and can SAvallow, give
him small quantities of  warm wine or brandy and  water.
Besides, watch him and attend to his further wants care-
fully. 
28                GENERAL DISEASES.
          3.  Apparent  Death from Freezing.
  See "Frozen Limbs," page 39.

          4.   Apparent Death from Lightning.
  Remove the body into the  fresh air, and, immediately,
dash cold water on face, neck, and breast. If  possible,
cover the body all over (except the face) with newly exca-
vated earth.  These means are the best, because Avater and
wet ground are good conductors of electricity, with which
the patient's system is surcharged at the time.  Inwardly,
give him, from time to time, a few globules of Nux vomica,
of which, also, a solution may be injected.
  If the patient recovers,  remove him to a light, sunny
room, where he should be kept quiet for some time, without
mental excitement.

5.  Apparent  Death from  Hanging, Choking, or Suffoca-
             tion by Burdens and Pressure.
  Tight clothing must be removed, and the  patient placed
in an easy, half-erect position ; the neck not bent forward
too much.   Then rub him  gently, but steadily,  with  the
hands or warm  cloths,  and give, inwardly, from time to
time, a few drops of the following mixture : five drops of
laudanum or tincture of opium in four tablespoonfuls of
water ; of which, also, injections may be made ; five drops
of the mixture to each injection.   Afterward, apply means
for  warming  the body, such as heated bricks, bottles of
hot water, etc.
  If this has been continued for an hour or two, and still
no  signs of life  appear,  mix a drop of Prussic  acid in a
tumblerful of water, or pound a bitter almond fine and mix
it in a tumblerful of water,  and put a few drops of either of
these mixtures on the tongue from time to time. 
APPARENT DEATH.
29
  After recovery, treat  the  patient as stated under  the
head "Apparent Death from Drowning."

       6.   Apparent Death from Noxious  Vapors.
  Remove the body into cool, fresh air;  dash water over
neck, face, and breast,  and treat it, in general, as is recom-
mended under the head "Apparent Death from Drowning."

       7.   Apparent Death from a  Fall or  Blow.
  After the sufferer has been  placed in a half-erect position
on a bed  or couch, put  on his tongue a few globules of
Arnica, and wash the parts which have been hurt  by the
fall or blow with a solution  of the tincture of Arnica  and
cold water (twelve drops  of the tincture in half a pint of
water) ; also, give injections  of the  same mixture.   Then
examine carefully  the  patient's condition  as  regards frac-
tures of bones or other injuries, and do not allow him to be
bled, if the pulse is small and quick  ; but if full and slow,
he may be bled, with advantage.
  Continue,  however,  the use  of Arnica, internally  and
externally, except after bleeding, when a dose (four  glob.)
of China may be given, if much blood has been taken.

    8.   Apparent Death from Violent Mental Emotion.
  See  the article on " Fainting, Swooning," page 24. 
CHAPTER  II.
           CASUAL   DISEASES.

                I.   External Injuries.
  As this subject commands such a wide sphere  of action,
including as it were the whole art of surgery, it  would be
impossible to do it justice in  a treatise like this,  except we
were able to condense it  in  a lucid  manner,  showing the
application of the few medicinal agents and mechanical ap-
pliances, and pointing at  those principles, on  the  strength
of which they are used.  Thus,  every one can easily be
prepared to do, if not all, what  could be done right; at
least, not to do wrong, in cases where circumstances require
him to do something.
  In the term "external injuries," are comprehended,

     1.   Fractures of Bones.
     2.   Dislocations of Joints.
     3.   Wounds and  Bruises.
     4.   Sprains and  Concussions.
     5.   Burns and Scalds.
     6.   Poisoned Wounds, Stings of Insects, etc.
     7.   Frozen Limbs, etc.

               1.  Fractures of Bones.

  It  is all-important,  from the first, to know whether  a
fracture has taken place, and to  what extent.   Its imme-
diate reduction is not  so  necessary, as this can be done, 
FRACTURES OF BONES.
31
just as conveniently and better, after the first wound-fever
has disappeared.
   Put the  patient in a comfortable  position; move the
broken limb or part as carefully as possible, and compare
its formation Avith the corresponding healthy one.   If it is
possible, without much exertion, to straighten its form, do
so, even if  temporary extension of the broken parts would
be required to bring them together; then put a  compress
around the  broken parts, on top  of which place four strips
of pasteboard  or  shingles,  which are to be  kept in  their
places by a circular bandage, not fastened too tight.   Over
the whole pour, from time to time, a mixture of cold water
 and Arnica tincture (twelve drops of the tincture to half a
 pint  of water, well mixed) ;  put the limb in a comfortable
 posture, by pillows, etc.;  keep the  fractured parts wet,
 and give, internally, a drop or two of Arnica tincture every
 six or eight hours.
   The attention of a surgeon must be sought, at any rate ;
 but, if he can not be had, a repetition of the above bandaging
 on the third, sixth, and twelfth day, etc., will be sufficient
 to insure the healing of the fractured parts.
   In fractures of the skull, do nothing more than  apply
 cold Avater and Arnica, as above  stated, until  a surgeon
 arrives.
                2.   Dislocations of Joints.
    Compare the  dislocated  part  with  the  corresponding
 healthy one, and consider, quietly, without being confused,
 whether it can easily be brought back, for which purpose
 a few trials may be made.  If, however, this should be too
 hazardous, desist from any  further attempts, but use cold
  water and Arnica, as stated  in  "Fractures  of Bones," and
  Avait for the arrival of a  competent surgeon.  If bandages
  are  necessary, their use must  be  to confine the joint for
  some time in the  same position after it becomes set. 
32                EXTERNAL INJURIES.
                3.   Wounds  and Bruises.

   Wounds are either incisive, lacerated, contused, punctured,
 or gunshot Avounds, according  to the  various  instruments
 which have inflicted them.
   Our object is to heal them  as  quickly as possible, as
 circumstances will allow.   This is done, by bringing their
 edges immediately in close  contact and keeping them there
 by adhesive plaster or sutures, which is the quickest mode
 of healing wounds, particularly those of the  incisive kind.
 In some wounds the edges can not  be brought together,
 because the flesh is lacerated or bruised.   Cases of this kind
 have to heal  by means  of  suppuration, by which  healthy
 granulation  is  produced,  gluing  as it were  the  parts
 together.   This  process  applies to  all  the  other kinds
 of wounds, including the punctured  and gunshot wounds.
 One important consideration must always be kept in view :
 never to allow the surface of a wound to heal or close before
 it is certain that its deeper parts  have firmly adhered.  This
 can be prevented by introducing lint to the bottom of the
 wound, renewing it as often as necessary, at least once a
 day, and cleaning it with lukewarm water.
   The first thing to be done, in  attending to a wound, is to
 clean it, by cold water, from all foreign bodies which may
 be in  it.   Splinters must be extracted carefully, and the
 hemorrhage stopped, which, in  most cases,  ceases  after
 the application of cold Avater  mixed  with a few drops of
 Arnica tincture  (see "Fractures");  if it does not  stop,
 however, or if the blood gushes  out of the wound  in jets,
 and is of a bright  red color (arterial blood), try to com-
press the wound with lint dipped in arnica-water, overlaid
with a sponge; and if this does not succeed, compress with
the fingers  the artery above  the  Avound (on a  place nearer
to the heart),  which can be found on the inside of a limb, 
WOUNDS AND BRUISES.                33
indicated  by the beating of the artery;  if this can not be
done, bind  around  the Avhole  limb, above  the Avound,
a handkerchief, as tight as is necessary to stay the hem-
orrhage.  When this is done, dress the Avounds, either with
adhesiAe plaster (if  they are  cut, or incisive  wounds), or
loosely  Avith lint kept constantly Avet by cold water mixed
with Arnica tincture  (see "Fractures.")   Give, internally,
a few drops of Arnica tincture  in water, and place the pa-
tient in  a comfortable position.
  Contused and bruised wounds allow of a certain degree
of compression, by adhesive plaster, after the inflammation
has left, to make the edges adhere more closely, which can
be done afterward.
  Another important   consideration is,  to keep healing
wounds well  cleansed,  by means  of allowing the secreted
matter to  escape easily in the lint spread over the wound
to keep off the air.   Every day a suppurating wound ought
to be cleansed and bathed freely in lukewarm water.  If a
wound inflames, becomes hot, swollen, and painful, put a
warm bread-and-milk poultice over it, until it feels easier;
internally, give Chamomile, Belladonna, and Hepar,  alter-
nately,  every two hours a dose (four glob.)
  If a  wound fever  sets in, give Aconite, Chamomile,  and
Belladonna, in alternation, in the same manner.
  If lockjaw should appear, see page 22.
  N. B. Although Arnica tincture is recommended above
in all kinds of wounds  as the  proper outward  application,
yet Calendula tincture is best after Arnica, in all contused
and lacerated wounds.
  If a wound suppurates too freely, or secretes unhealthy
matter,  give Hepar and  Silicea, in  alternation, every even-
ing a dose (four glob.), until better.
3* 
34                 EXTERNAL  INJURIES.
             4.   Sprains and Concussions.
  These are caused by falls, lifting of heavy weights, jerks,
false steps, etc.   Bruises, wounds, or fractures, which may
attend them, have to be treated first.   If the patient is free
from them, however, put him at once in  a comfortable po-
sition,  and use,  externally, a mixture of cold  water and
Arnica tincture, particularly when  the parts are black and
blue (bloodshot) ;  after it, Rhus in solution, when the joints,
membranes, and tendons,  are  more  affected.   This  latter
remedy is also suitable for the bad consequences of lifting
too heavy weights (strains.)

                5.   Burns and  Scalds.

  Slight degrees of these injuries heal quickly by holding
the scalded parts to the fire (if that is possible), or foment-
ing them with warm alcohol, or covering them with  a plaster
of Castile soap.   But burns and scalds increase in import-
ance and danger, in proportion to the depth and extent of
the injury, which, if  very great, threatens the life of the
patient.  If more than one-half of the surface of  the skin
is deeply scalded, the sufferer  will seldom recover.
  A great many remedies are  recommended for burns and
scalds, but their usefulness must  be determined according
to the quickness  with which  they can be procured, their
easy applicability, and, lastly,  their  specific effect on the
burns, as such.
  Treatment. — The best remedy in slight cases is already
mentioned above.  In severer cases, and even the worst,
use Castile soap, scraped and  mixed  with water to a thick
lather;  spread it on  strips of linen  or cotton cloth, to the
thickness of the  sixth of an inch  ; then spread it over the
wound,  taking care to cover with  soap every  burned part,
and keep it moist for  a while  with cold Avater, which may 
BURNS  AND SCALDS.
35
be dropped on top, very sparingly, from time to time.  Let
these plasters remain until they drop off themselves ; or, if
matter  forms underneath, remove them and  dress the
wounds with a  salve made of equal parts of sweet oil or
linseed  oil and lime-water, which is a very good remedy in
the beginning, if it only could be had quick enough.
  Another remedy, easy of access, is raw cotton, with which
the burned parts must be  covered, pressing it lightly on the
wounds.
  If a  person has inhaled hot steam, or has burned his
throat with hot  liquids, give him, of  a  solution  of Castile
soap in whisky  or alcohol (which can be made  very soon,
by  scraping  soap  into the liquor and  shaking  the bottle
well),  every five  or  ten  minutes,  two or three drops in
water, lengthening the intervals as the patient gets better.
  N. B.  Every steamboat ought  to be provided with a
bottle of spirits of soap, decidedly the best remedy for these
internal burns, as  it acts specifically on the injured nervous
system  and composes immediately.
  Another remedy is the  tincture of Urtica urens (Burning
nettle), of which  each homoeopathic medicine  chest contains
a bottle.  Apply it in a manner similar to the Arnica tinc-
ture (twelve drops to  a pint of water.)   For internal burns,
put three drops  of it in a teacupful of water, and give, every
five or ten minutes, a teaspoonful, until better.
  If the burns ulcerate, wash them with a solution of twelve
globules of Caustic in half a teacupful of water, three times
a day, and give, internally, Hepar and Silicea, alternately,
every evening a dose (six glob.) until better.
   Diet and Regimen, -t- The  diet  must  be light,  as  in
fevers; but, when ulceration takes place, give stimulating
diet,  beef, etc., even brandy  and water.   If  a diarrhea
ensues  during the healing of the burns, do not disturb it by
giving medicine for it (except it be too excessive), as it is a 
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EXTERNAL INJURIES.
 critical discharge, the intestines supplying, by their action,
 the  interrupted functions  of  the skin.   In  dressing the
 wounds, take care that the patient is not exposed to currents
 of air; but, if he should have taken cold, in consequence
 of which the wounds pain very much  and become inflamed,
 red, swollen (a kind of erysipelas in the scalded parts),
 give Aconite and Belladonna, in alternation, every two hours
 a  dose, and dress the  wounds with dry  lint; but if the
 wounds were already suppurating when this took place,
 give Chamomile, Belladonna, and Hepar, in the same man-
 ner, and dress the wounds with a warm poultice of bread
 and milk, until suppuration commences again and the fever
 leaves.

 6. Poisoned Wounds.   Bites and Stings of  Insects —
    Bees,  Spiders, Bugs, Musquitoes, Snakes, Mad Dogs.
   In injuries  from the above  named animals, except the
 two  last (which are treated  of below),  cover the  injured
 part with  wet or damp earth, immediately, and then wet it
 afterward with a mixture of cold water and Arnica tincture,
 (twenty parts to  one.)  Internally, give Arnica and  Cam-
phor, every three or  four  hours  a dose (four glob.) until
 better.
   In the treatment of wounds inflicted by  venomous snakes
 and  mad  dogs, and of  their immediate or distant conse-
 quences, hydrophobia, etc., there exists yet a  great deal of
 uncertainty and diversity of  opinion.  The old school has
 at least retired, as it seems, from  further investigation on
 the subject (their last trial was that of using Chloroform
 and  Ether);  and  it befits  homceopathists  the  more to
 promote farther investigations, as they  alone possess the
true means to shorten the labor and discuss the merits of a
proposed remedy.   As experiences in  this class of diseases
occur so rarely, the observations and opinions will be  slow 
POISONOUS AVOUNDS.
37
in forthcoming.   We prefer to give those of Dr. Hering, as
follows:
   The best remedies against the  bites of venomous ser-
pents, mad dogs,  etc., is the application of dry heat at a
distance.  Whatever is at hand at the moment, a red-hot
iron or live coal,  or even a lighted cigar, must be placed as
near the wound as possible, without, however, burning the
skin, or  causing too sharp pain ; but care must be taken to
have another instrument ready in the fire, so as never to
allow  the  heat to lose its intensity.   It  is essential, also,
that the  heat should not exercise its influence over too large
a surface, but only on the wound  and the  parts adjacent.
If oil  or grease can be readily procured, it may be applied
round the wound, and this operation should be repeated as
often  as the skin  becomes  dry;  soap, or even saliva may
be employed, where oil or grease can  not  be obtained.
Whatever is discharged in any way from the wound ought
to be carefully removed.   The application of burning heat
should be continued in this manner till the patient begins
to shiver and to stretch himself; if this takes place at the
end of a few minutes, it will be better to keep up the action
 of the heat upon the Avound for an hour, or until the affec-
tions produced by the venom are observed to diminish.
   Internal medicines  must  be  judiciously  administered at
 the same time.   In the case of  a  Bite from a  Serpent, it
 Avill be  advisable to take, from time to time, a gulp of salt
and water, or a pinch of kitchen  salt, or of gunpowder, or
 else some  pieces of garlic.
   If, notwithstanding this, bad effects manifest themselves,
 a spoonful of wine or brandy, administered  every two or
 three  minutes, will  be the most suitable  remedy;  and this
 should  be continued  till  the  sufferings  are relieved, and
 repeated as often as they are renewed.
   If the shooting pains are aggravated, and proceed from 
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EXTERNAL INJURIES.
the wound towards the heart, and if the wound becomes
bluish,  marbled, or swollen, with vomiting, vertigo,  and
fainting, the  best medicine  is Arsenic.   It should  be ad-
ministered in a dose of four globules in a teaspoonful of
water;  and if, after this has been taken, the sufferings are
still aggravated, the dose should be  repeated at the end of
half an  hour; but if, on the  contrary, the state remains the
same, it should not be repeated till the end of two or three
hours;  if there is an amelioration, a neAv aggravation must
be waited for, and the dose ought not to be repeated before
its appearance.
  In cases in which Arsenic exercises no influence, though
repeated several times, recourse must be had to Belladonna ;
Senna also frequently proves efficacious.
  Against chronic affections arising from the bite of a  ser-
pent, Phosphor, ac. and Mercury will generally be most
beneficial.
  For the treatment of persons  bitten by a mad dog, after
the application of dry heat, as directed and described above,
see "Hydrophobia," below.
  If morbid  affections or ulcerations exhibit themselves in
consequence  of a bite from a rabid  man or animal, hydro-
phobic, administered  in  homoeopathic  doses,  will often
render essential service.
  For wounds that are envenomed  by the introduction of
animal  substances in a state  of putrefaction, or of pus from
the ulcer of a diseased man or animal, Arsenic is generally
the best medicine.
  Lastly, as a preventive against bad effects, when obliged
to touch morbid animal substances, envenomed wounds, or
ulcers of men and animals under the  influence of contagious
diseases, the  best method that can be pursued is the appli-
cation  of dry burning heat  at  a distance.  To  effect  this
purpose, it will be sufficient to expose the hands for five or 
FROZEN  LIMBS, ETC.
39
ten minutes to the greatest heat that can be  borne ; and
after this, it will be proper to wash them with soap.
   The use of  Chlorine and  muriatic  acid, in similar cases,
is well knoAvn.
   Hydrophobia. — Apply distant heat to the recent wound,
as  described  under "Poisoned Wounds," or until shud-
derings appear;  and continue this practice three or four
times a day, until the wound is healed, without leaving a
colored cicatrix.
   At the same time the patient should take, every five or
seven days, or as often  as  the  aggravation of the  wound
requires it, one dose of Belladonna or Lachesis, or also of
hydrophobine, till the cure  is completed.
   If, at the end of seven or eight days, a small vesicle shows
itself under the tongue, with feverish symptoms, it will be
necessary to open it with a  lancet or sharp-pointed scissors,
and to rinse the mouth with salt and water.
   If the raging state has commenced before assistance can
be procured for the patient, the medicines that ought to be
administered  will be according to circumstances, especially
 Bellad. or Lachesis; or else, again, Cantharides, Hyoscya-
mus, Mercury, or also Stramon. or Veratrum.

                  7.  Frozen Limbs, etc
    If limbs, ears, fingers,  nose, etc., are frost-bitten, rub
 them with snow, or put them in the coldest water, and then,
 by degrees, let the water be warmer, until a natural feeling
 returns  again.   If the person is in a state of  insensibility
 from being frozen apparently to death, undress him care-
 fully (cut the clothes off from him)  and cover him  all over
 with snow, leaving the mouth and  nostrils free.  As the
  snow melts,  renew  it.   If no  snow can be had, put him
 into a bath of water, cold  as ice, in which he may  lie from
  ten to  fifteen minutes ;  afterward,  continue  to rub  with 
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POISONS.
 snow, or cover him Avith bags containing pounded ice.  If,
 in  this way, the  body has  thawed by degrees, and  the
 rigidity of the muscles relaxed, dry the body carefully, and
 place it in a cold bed in a  cool room, and begin  to  rub,
 under the bedclothes Avith the warm  hands only, all over.
 In this way continue for hours.
   If signs of life shoAv themselves, inject a little camphor
 and water; also, put a drop of spirits of camphor on the
 tongue, from time to time.
   If more  signs of life appear, give warm  black coffee
 (without milk),  in  injection  and  by  the  mouth, until he
 can take more  of the latter.
   If severe pains in  the whole body appear, give Carbo veg.
 (twelve glob, dissolved  in half a teacupful of water), every
 fifteen or twenty minutes a teaspoonful, in alternation with
 Arsenic, if necessary, until better.
   The patient must avoid the heat of fire or of a stove for
 some time.


                     II.   Poisons.

   Of the poisonous substances  which can be introduced
 into the system, those are the most deleterious and perni-
 cious which have the readiest facility of assimilation ; con-
 sequently,  the  animal  poisons rank first,  then come the
 vegetable,  and, lastly, the mineral poisons.
  The animal poisons show their effects immediately on the
 nervous system, through the blood.  Bites of snakes, for
 instance, Avhile  introduced into the stomach, are of no dan-
gerous consequence.  The vegetable poisons must be  carried
into the blood by digestion before their effects become dan-
gerous.  The mineral poisons kill only by corroding the
surface, with which they come in  contact, creating  inflam-
mation, which has a great tendency to pass quickly over 
POISONS.
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into  gangrene or mortification ;*  their  bad effects  on  the
system, afterward, are more lasting.
   In cases  of poisoning, the  first  thing  to be done  is, to
eject  the poison as soon as possible from  the system, by pro-
voking vomiting,! or  to neutralize its  action by means of
suitable antidotes.
   *  This peculiarity of the mineral poisons, to kill only by corrosion of
the mucous membrane of the intestines, renders their  use as  remedial
agents in diseases quite safe and expedient, as they can easily be divested
of this  poisoning  or  corroding  quality, by  reducing their crude bulk
(which alone can corrode or inflame) by  trituration and  subsequent dilu-
tion, without diminishing in the least the curative effects of these minerals.
For  instance: one grain  of  Arsenic, in its crude  state, would  certainly
kill;  yet, if triturated with one hundred grains of sugar  of milk,  one
grain of this  mixture would have lost all corroding or  poisonous power,
retaining, at the same time, all the curative quality, and this in a more
developed form.   In  this way, Homoeopathy can  avail itself of all  the
healing effects of the most deadly poisons, with the greatest ease and safety;
while Allopathy stands trembling and in  fear before these dreadful agents,
not knowing how to tame their useless fury, or to harness these wild medi-
cinal steeds to the car of Esculapius.

   f  That, in such cases,  homoeopathists make use  of  emetics and other
violent means to eject poisons from the  stomach, is not  a proof that they
resort to allopathic means, as allopathists, quite sophistically, would make
people believe.   It only shows that, in cases of this kind, the homoeopathic
law can not come into operation until these substances are removed, which
act, as it were,  as external injuries all the time, while they are buried in
the stomach.   In the same way, Surgery might be pronounced insufficient
in its doings, because a surgeon can not heal a wound as long as the knife
continues to lacerate and even enlarge the wound.
   It is evident that external injurious substances (and such are all poisons)
must be  removed, just as a burning coal or a stinging blister, before the
injuries done to the system can  be repaired by the proper homoeopathic
agents; and this is done by Homoeopathy more safely and quickly than by
Allopathy,  as the  knowledge of  antidotes is further advanced by  the
former, which is of the utmost importance in curing the after-effects of
the poison. 
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POISONS.
   To produce vomiting, the following means may be resorted
to, in preference to the so called emetics, which the allo-
pathic school has hitherto  employed :
   1.  Tepid water, in large quantities and often repeated.
   2.  Snuff or mustard, mixed with salt,  on the tongue.
   3.  Tickling of the throat with a feather or fine straw ;  or,
lastly,
   4.  Injections of tobacco smoke into the anus through a
pipe-stem.
   To neutralize or mitigate the injurious effects of  poison,
the following means may  be  used as each  case requires,
which Avill be shown below under  the heading of each
poison named.
   1.  White of egg, dissolved in water,  and thus drank in
large quantities, is of the greatest efficacy in poisoning by
metallic substances, particularly Corrosive sublimate,  Verdi-
gris,  Tin, Arsenic, Lead, Mercury, Sulphuric acid, particu-
larly  when there are violent pains in  the stomach  and
bowels, with or without diarrhea.
   In  all cases in which  the  poison imbibed is unknoAvn,
the white of an egg is first given when violent pains in the
abdomen are present.
   2.  Soap (white household soap), one  part dissolved in
four  parts of hot water, is  given in  all cases Avhere the
white of an egg, when indicated, was insufficient.
   In  cases of poisoning by alkaline substances, it must be
omitted  as injurious.
   3.  Vinegar (made from wine or eider)  diluted Avith water,
as a draught or in injections, alternately with slimy  things,
is the principal remedy against  alkaline substances, but is
very  injurious in cases  of poisoning by  minerals (the very
opposite of soap-water.)
   4.  Sugar, diluted and  given in water, can be adminis-
tered in cases of poisoning by mineral,  as well as alkaline 
POISONS.
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substances,  and  is,  therefore, one  of the  most  valuable
remedies  in  domestic practice, as  it can be  most easily
procured.
  5. Milk and Olive oil are substances not so well calcu-
lated to  envelope poisons in  the stomach, as slimy, muci-
laginous drinks,  made  of pearled barley, linseed, or rice ;
yet they may be used with advantage  against alkaline sub-
stances and  corrosive acids,  such as Nitric and  Sulphuric
acid.
  6. Mucilaginous drinks, in draughts and injections, are
very useful against alkaline poisons, particularly in alterna-
tion with vinegar.  They are made of barley, rice, linseed,
farina.
  7.  Coffee — strong black coffee—taken Arery warm, is the
principal remedy for all narcotic poisons, such as Opium,
Nux vomica,  Belladonna, Stramonium (Jamestown weed.)
  8.  Camphor is principally efficacious against all vegetable
poisons of an acrid,  corrosive nature ; also, against Cantha-
rides (Spanish fly.)
  The following table shows the  proper and successive
application of the above named remedies in cases  of poison-
ing with the  different substances alluded to.
Table of Antidotes to the  most poiverful Poisons.
POISONS.	ANTIDOTES.
I. ANIMAL POISONS. a. Cantharides ( Spanish fly.) b. Poisonous fish, clams, mus-cles, etc.	Camphor, internally or by smelling; externally, use white of eggs and gruels. Charcoal, Sugar and water, Black coffee, Camphor.— For eruptions and swelling of the face, Bellad., Rhus.
 
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table of antidotes--CONTINUED.
POISONS.
c. Poison of fat in half putri
  fied meat (Sebacic acid), as
  it appears often in cheese,
  sausages, etc.,
   II.  VEGETABLE  POI
 SONS, in general,

 a.  Opium  (Laudanum, seeds
   of Poppy),   Stramonium
   ( Gymson weed), Nux vom.,
   Tobacco,
 b. Gamboge,  Euphorbia, and
   all other burning, corrosive
   vegetable substances which
   produce violent pains,
 c. Sumach (Poison vine) . .,


 d. Camphor and Saffron, . ..

e.  Spirits of Turpentine,....

 III.  MINERAL POISONS
a. Acids — Prussic  or min-
  eral acids,..............
 Sulphuric,  Muriatic,  Nitric,
  Phosphoric acid.
ANTIDOTES.
 Vinegar and water, internally
   and externally as a gargle,
   Lemon juice,  Black coffee,
   Black tea.  For the remain-
   ing   symptoms, Bryonia,
   Phosphoric acid, Creosote.
Require mostly  Camphor, by
   smelling,  and Black  coffee
   in a drink.
Narcotics, require particularly
   Black  coffee  and  Vinegar
   diluted with water.
Require  mostly
  and Milk.
Soap-water
b.  Alkaline  Substances —
  Pot and Pearl ashes, Lapis
  infernalis, Salt, and Oil of
  tartar,

c.  Metallic  Substances —
  Arsenic,
No external application, but,
  internally,  Belladon., Bry-
  onia, Rhus.
Black coffee, until the patient
  vomits; afterward,  Opium.
Opium, Belladonna, Bryonia.
Spirits of Hartshorn.
Tepid Soapsuds ;  Magnesias-
   Chalk, powdered and mix-
  ed with water;  Wood ashes
  mixed with  water ; Potash
  or Soda.

Vinegar,  Lemon  juice,  and
  other  acids ; sour  milk ;
  mucilaginous  drinks  and
  injections.
Soapsuds ; white of eggs with
  water; Sugar-water;  Milk;
  Rust of Iron. 
TABLE OF ANTIDOTES--CONCLUDED.          45
POISONS.
Corrosive sublimate,  Copper,
   Verdigris,..............

Lead,...................
Lunar caustic, ............

Tin, ....................
ANTIDOTES.
 White of eggs in water; Su-
  gar-water ;  Milk;  Starch
  from Wheat flour.
Epsom salt;  Glauber salt.
 Common salt, dissolved  in
  water.
Sugar, white of eggs and milk.
               III.   Medicinal Diseases.
   The  abuse of medicines, prescribed often by allopathic
physicians, and taken in large quantities, for a long time,
produces, frequently, artificial diseases, well-known  under
the  name  "Medicinal  Diseases."    The  most  obstinate
and deleterious  of these  maladies  are  those  produced
by vegetable  drugs, as their  readiness to assimilate with
the human system is far greater than that  of  minerals.
From this it is evident how foolish or deceptive the conduct
of those physicians is, who pretend to use in their practice
only " vegetable medicines," as if this kingdom of nature
did not contain the most noxious and violent poisons.
   In the folloAving table, the  drugs  are put together with
their antidotes, which may be given  as the indications men-
tioned may require.   In administering them,  it must  be
understood, that all these cases are more of a chronic nature;
consequently, the repetition of doses is not  required to be
made so often, say from half a day  to  two, three, or more
days, until improvement takes place,  or  another remedy
has to be  selected.
   Medicinal diseases are  not so easily  cured as natural
ones, because the reactive  force of nature  (so important in
the treatment of  diseases in general) can not altogether be
relied on in cases of this kind. 
List of Drugs causing Diseases, and their Remedies.
DRUGS.
1. Opium, Lauda-
  num, Paregoric.
2. Mercury,  Calo
  met.
3.  Quinine,  Peru-
  vian bark.
4. Sulphur.
5. Magnesia.
6. Arsenic.  (Fow-
  ler's solution.)
7.  Lead  (used in
  ointments and in
  washes, as sugar
  of lead water, etc
8. Iodine.
9. Rhubarb.
10. Chamomile.
11.  Cantharides —
  (Spanish fly.)
12. Asafoztida.
REMEDIES.
Coffea, Ipecac, Belladonna, Nux vomica,
  Mercury.
Hepar sulph.,  Nitric acid.
Against salivation and sore mouth, He-
  par, Nitric  acid, Carbo veg., Sulphur.
Against ulcers in the throat,  Carbo veg.,
  Nitric acid,  Hepar, Belladonna, Lach-
  esis, Sulphur.
Against nervous weakness, China, Hepar,
  Lachesis.
Against nervous  excitability,  Chamomile,
  Pulsatilla,  Carbo veg.
Against sensitiveness to  changes  of the
  weather, Carbo veg.,  China.
Against  rheumatic pains,  Neuralgia;
  Carbo veg.,  China, Lachesis, Sulphur.
Against  ulcerations  and  swellings  of
  glands,  Buboes; Carbo veg.,  Hepar,
  Lachesis, Nitric acid, Sulph., Thuja.
Against dropsical affections, China, Dul-
  camara, Hellebor.,  Sulphur.
Against Rheumatic pains, Am., Puis.—
  Dropsical swellings, Arsenic, Ferrum.
  —Congestions to the head and bowels,
  Bellad., Mercury.—Fever, intermittent,
  Ipecac, Pulsat., Carbo veg., Arsenic.
Puis., Merc,  Chin.,  Sep.
Colocynth, Ars., Rheum., Puis.
China,  Ferrum,  Ipecac,   Veratrum,
  Nux vomica.
Opium, Belladonna,  Platina, Nux vom-
Bell., Phos., Hep., Spong.,  Chin., Ars.
Chamomile, Colocynth, Mercury.
Aconite, Ignatia, Pulsatilla.
Camphor, Aconite, Pulsatilla.

China, Mercury, Pulsatilla, Caustic. 
CHAPTER  III.
        CUTANEOUS  DISEASES.


  The skin, as the external  covering of the whole body,
is, on account of its exposure and extent, liable to many
and various diseases — from the  slightest redness, or rash,
to the most inveterate  itch and  leprosy.  The importance
of its preservation  is, therefore, obvious.   We divide the
diseases of the skin into,
  1. Acute Eruptions, Eruptive Fevers, etc
  2. Chronic Eruptions and Ulcers.

                 1.  Eruptive  Fevers.
                         Rash.
  Diagnosis. — Frequently, after taking cold, particularly
Avith a disordered stomach, persons are troubled with a rash
on different parts of the body, which appears in red spots,
of the size of a  pin-head, scarcely visible ; however, more
so in a warm bed;  with intolerable itching, particularly at
night,  preceded by shivering toward  evening,  disturbing
sleep, and followed by feverishness during the night.
  In such cases, the common practice heretofore has been,
and is yet, where homoeopathy is not known, to put scorched
flour on the parts affected.  This is  not, however, without
danger, and ought not to be resorted to immediately.  It
would be better first to give some of the following remedies, 
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CUTANEOUS DISEASES.
  which will relieve, Avithout driving the disease  to internal
  parts.
    Treatment. — If the itching is  intolerable, with either
  shivering or heat, restlessness, sleeplessness, give Aconite,
  every hour one dose (four glob.)   If not better within two
 or three hours,  give  Chamomile, every two  hours a dose
  (four glob.)  If perspiration follows this treatment, keep it
 up as long as necessary, and give, the next day, a dose of
  Sulphur (four glob.)
   Diet and Regimen. — The diet ought to be very light —
 farinaceous  substances, gruels, toasted  bread  and toast-
 Avater — but no meat, or soups of meat.  The patient must
 be kept in a dry, warm room.

                  Nettle Rash — Hives.
   Diagnosis. — A disease  similar to the former in  origin
 and appearance, only that the red spots, with a whitish tinge,
 appear in groups, somewhat elevated, and  itch  and prick
 intolerably.   They resemble that eruption  caused by con-
 tact with nettles.  Hence the name, nettle rash.  Sometimes
 the body is covered Avith these spots, and then the  patient
 feels sick, has no appetite,  with  a feeling  of fullness in the
 pit of the stomach.
   Treatment.—When caused by indigestion, particularly
 from rich and fat  food, give Pulsatilla, morning  and even-
 ing (four glob.)   When caused by taking cold, and accom-
 panied with diarrhea, bitter taste in  the mouth,  and slimy
 coated tongue, give Dulcamara, morning and evening a dose
 (four glob.)   When caused by taking cold in damp, wet
 weather, exhibiting itself Avith pains in the limbs, shivering,
 and headache, give  Bryonia and  Rhus, alternately, every
 three or four hours a dose (four glob.), followed, in twenty-
four hours, by a dose (four glob.)  of Sulphur, if necessary.
 If not better the  third day, give, evening and morning, a 
NETTLE rash.--ERYSIPELAS.
49
dose (four glob.) of Carbo veg.  When these  remedies are
of no avail,  or  there is a burning sensation,  with itching,
great restlessness, and even an uneasy feeling, give two doses
of Arsenic, every two or three hours one (four glob.); and,
the next day, of a solution of Urtica (one drop in six table-
spoonfuls of water), every three hours a teaspoonful.
   Sometimes this rash strikes  in  suddenly, when the pa-
tient feels oppressed, sick at the  stomach, and  weak.   In
such a case,  give, immediately, Ipecac (four glob.) ; in  an
hour afterward,  Bryonia  (four glob.), and,  after that, in
two hours, if not better,  Arsenic  (four globules.)  At the
same time, cover the patient well, to produce perspiration,
which will also  be  promoted by warm drinks, particularly
warm lemonade, if he has no diarrhea at the time.
   If a person is troubled with this disease for a longer time
than common, or liable to it on the slightest occasions, let
him take Calcarea,  every four days a dose (four glob.), in the
evening, and, if not better in four or six weeks, Lycopodium,
in the same  manner.
   Diet must be simple ; no meat nor heating drinks ; no-
thing but Avater, black tea, gruels, dry toast,  baked apples,
 and stale bread.

            Erysipelas, or  St. Anthony's  Fire.
    Diagnosis. — It  is characteristic of this disease, that it
 appears, suddenly, on different parts of the body, with heat,
 redness, swelling,  tingling, and  other painful sensations;
 in severer cases,  the  heat  becomes  intense on the parts
 affected, the surface almost shines, the pains  become burn-
 ing and shooting, and  the  skin  rises in blisters  filled with
 water (erysipelas bullosum.)
    In such cases, an intense fever  is present, with its con-
 comitant gastric nervous symptoms, such as a quick, full,
 wiry  pulse; high   fever preceded by shivering or chill;
         4 
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CUTANEOUS DISEASES.
 tongue coated, Avhite or dry broAvn;  great thirst;  pains all
 over the  body;  scanty and  deep-colored  urine ; intense
 headache, with sleepiness  or  wakefulness; Aery  sensitive
 to noise and light.
    The nearer to the brain  this  disease appears, as on the
 face, the ears, or the scalp of the  head, the  severer the
 symptoms of the head will be, and, consequently, the more
 dangerous is the attack, so  that delirium often ensues.
    In the so-called " wandering erysipelas" (erysipelas erra-
 ticum), the morbid spot disappears from one place, changing
 into a yellowish hue, to reappear again on  another, in the
 form of redness  and heat,  so that  it frequently  Avanders
 from the left side of the face, around the ear and neck, to
 the right  side,  before the  whole disease disappears.  In
 such cases, the face is very  much swollen  and  disfigured,
 closing,  for a time, the eyes, nose, and ears.   If the  scalp
 of the head is attacked, the hair often falls off afterward.
    Causes. — In most cases, exposure to cold  immediately
 after the system has been heated or excited by over-exertion
 or mental emotions, particularly  Avith a previous derange-
 ment of the stomach; or, in females, during menstruation.
 Some persons are  predisposed to it.   Certain kinds of food,
 at certain seasons, will  also produce it, such as lobsters,
 oysters,  and other shell-fish.
   Treatment. — All  outward applications  ought  to be
 avoided  as dangerous — at  any rate,  all Avhich are greasy
 and damp.  Erysipelas does not bear anything wet.  Salves
 and ointments are  very dangerous.  If the  itching  and
 burning  is too violent, we may mitigate it  a little, by ap-
 plying poAvdered starch  made  of wheat flour, but not until
 after having given some of the following medicines inter-
 nally.  The internal remedies  are the most important.
   If the  fever is very high,  pulse full, skin dry, give first a
few doses  of Aconite, one  every two hours (four  glob.), 
ERYSIPELAS.
51
followed by  Belladonna, two doses, one every four hours
(four glob.),  which, in less  severe attacks of this disease,
is  alone sufficient.   In such  cases,  the  patient improves
after  twelve  or sixteen hours,  and  no more  medicine is
needed ; he simply remains at home a few days, until there
is no  more danger of taking cold.
  In  severer  cases, however, when after the above treatment
the symptoms do not abate, give Lachesis, two doses, every
three hours  one (four glob.), particularly  if the patient
complains of dryness in the throat and pain in swallowing;
also,  coughs without raising.
  If  no better after this, or if there  be great sensitiveness
to noise and light; the rash expanding in radiation ; shining
redness on its surface, which is very sensitive to the touch ;
sometimes raised in blisters ;  give Belladonna and Rhus tox.
in solution (twelve  glob, in half a teacupful of water, each
cup having its separate teaspoon), every two hours  a tea-
spoonful,  alternately, until four  teaspoonfuls of each  are
taken.  Then wait  twelve or more hours.  If the patient is
then very droAvsy, give  a dose of Opium (four glob.) ; or,
if very Avakeful and restless,  give Coffea cc' and Bellad. cc",
alternately, every hour  a dose (six glob.) for three or four
hours, and wait again  twelve hours ; after  Avhich, repeat
Belladonna and Rhus tox., in solution as above.  If the
symptoms are yet the same, give two doses of Hepar, every
three hours  one (four  glob.), when  the  skin  looks less
shining and inflamed, but heat, pain, and swelling, are the
same.
  The above treatment suits severe cases of erysipelas of
the face, head, or ears, with high fever, and, also, the vesi-
cular form, where it appears  in blisters, and the  "wander-
ing erysipelas."  In the latter, hoAvever, do not expect so
rapid a termination of the  disease.   If erysipelas appears 
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CUTANEOUS DISEASES.
 on the joints, give  Bryonia, three  doses, every six hours
 one (four glob.), alternating with Rhus, and folloAved by
 Sulphur after thirty-six or forty-eight hours, one dose (four
 glob.), if necessary.
   If it appears on  the scrotum, Arsenic is necessary, ad-
 ministered in the same manner as Bryonia.   If the vesicles
 become gangrenous or of a dark  color, the patient is weak,
 or black diarrhea sets in, Arsenic and Carbo veg. ought to
 be given alternately, every three hours one dose (four glob.)
 until a homoeopathic physician takes charge of the patient.
   Sometimes a swelling of the affected  parts, showing the
 pressure of the finger, combines  itself Avith erysipelas (ery-
 sipelas aidematodes.)   This requires Rhus tox., every even-
 ing a dose  (four glob.) for three  or four days.
   If erysipelas terminates in  ulceration of the parts affected,
 give Rhus  and Sulphur alternately, every  evening  a dose
 (four glob.) for four days, and, afterward, a dose of Silicea
 for two evenings, and  wash  the  ulcer "three or four times a
 day  with lukewarm water,  in half  a teacupful of  which
 twelve globules of Silicea are Avell dissolved.
   The disposition to this  disease  will be taken away by the
 alternate use of Rhus and Graphites, every four days a dose
 (four glob.), if continued for four or six weeks.   Beside
 this, however, change  the mode of living, if it was too lux-
 urious ; avoid  highly  seasoned  or salted food, but  drink
 freely  of cold water, and wash and  bathe  frequently and
 systematically.
  Diet.—During this disease the  diet should be as in fevers,
very light;  dry toast, gruels, and black tea;  warm lemon-
 ade is  very good  and  refreshing, if  no  diarrhea prevails  ;
stewed prunes may also be allowed,  particularly in conva-
lescence.
  If, at any time during  this disease, the bowels are con- 
ERUPTIVE  FEVERS.
53
fined, even  for four or six days, it will not exert, in the
least, a detrimental effect upon the patient; on the contrary,
it is better than the opposite state.
  Avoid taking cold during the convalescence, as it is often
folloAved by dangerous results, dropsies,  etc.   If, at  any
time during the attack, the erysipelas suddenly disappears,
and the  brain, in consequence, becomes affected, which
shows itself in drowsiness, difficulty of breathing, and spas-
modic twitchings, give Cuprum, in solution (twelve glob.
in half a teacupful of water), every half hour a dose, until
a homoeopathic physician takes charge of the patient.
  Before Ave leave  this subject let us  here  remark, that
erysipelas, as such, is  no infectious disease whatever,  and
has lost its dread entirely, since homoeopathic remedies
have been used in the treatment of it.

  Eruptive Fevers with an Infectious Epidemic Character.
  We now  come to a  class of eruptive diseases which  ap-
pear, generally, as epidemics, and are infectious.   These are
measles,  French measles,  scarlet rash,  scarlet fever, chicken
pox, varioloids  and small pox.   Their epidemic appearance
depends  upon the general laws of disease growing out of
the changing conditions  of the seasons and atmosphere.
As  a general rule, we can say that persons are attacked
only once in their lifetime with these diseases, though some
few exceptions may happen.   Their  contagiousness does
not commence, as is generally  believed, during the fever
period, or when the eruption  first appears;  but only after
the pustules are well  filled, or drying up,  that is, from the
seventh day onAvard, to three or four Aveeks, as long as the
system throws  out through the skin the infectious matter.
Before the seventh day of either of the above diseases, no
infection can take place, for the same  reason as no vaccin-
nation is possible out  of a pustule before  that time.  The 
54               CUTANEOUS DISEASES.
infecting matter must be first fully ripe in the system before
it  can affect another; be, therefore, rather more careful
during the convalesence of a patient, or after his death,
(when the contagion  is in its highest state of perfection),
than in the beginning of his sickness.   This is the case as
well in measles as in scarlet fever, varioloids and smallpox.

                 Measles.  (Morbilli.)
   In  adults, this disease generally assumes a severer char-
acter than in children, because it developes  in them more
readily those constitutional germs of diseases which often
lie hidden in the system a long time, such as consumption,
sore eyes, etc.  In children, its attacks  are  rarely danger-
ous, except when other causes  render it complicated, or it
is badly treated.
   Diagnosis.—For the  first three or four days the patient
seems to have  taken a cold; he has a dry, hoarse cough,
and sometimes a sore throat; his eyes water constantly, and
can not bear the light;  these symptoms and  more or less
feverishness (the  catarrhal fever) precede and accompany
the eruption of the  measles,  which appear in small red
spots of irregular shape and size, (the skin  between them
preserving its natural color), the first day on the temples,
face and neck, the second day, on the breast, or stomach
and back, and  the third day on the arms  and limbs.   In
mild  cases they disappear after the fifth or sixth day in
bran-like scales.
   Treatment.—Aconite and Pulsatilla  are  the  principal
remedies, and are regarded almost  as  specifics, which, in
milder cases, without  complication, they prove to  be.
   Administration.—Dissolve of each remedy twelve glob-
ules in two teacups half full of water, each (put  to each a
separate  spoon),  and give alternately every two, three or
six hours, a teaspoonful (children under two years, half a 
measles, etc.                   55
teaspoonful),  beginning with Aconite; and if the patient
remains, or becomes more comfortable, lengthen the inter-
vals still more.  If, at any time, there is great restlessness
and sleeplessness,  introduce a dose of Coffea, cc' repeat-
ing it as often as necessary, particularly in the night.
   If the cough is very dry and hoarse (resembling croup),
give a dose (four globules) of Hepar in  alternation with
 Coffea (if the patient is very much agitated and irritable),
at intervals of one or two hours.
   If, however, the cough excites severe  pain in the upper
part of the breast and sides (complication Avith bronchitis
and pneumonia), Aconite and Bryonia (dissolved in water
and administered the same as Aconite  and Pulsatilla) are
necessary.
   If the measles strike in at once, and look pale, or if sick-
ness  at the  stomach and  feebleness  ensue, give  Ipecac.
and Bryonia alternately every hour or half hour a dose,
 (four glob.) and if the skin  looks bluish  brown, give Ar-
senic and Pulsatilla in alternation  every  hour or  two
hours a dose, until better.   If the head is affected in chil-
 dren, give Cuprum every half hour a dose, (three  glob.)
tw^ce or three times ;  and if not better in three hours, give
 Belladonna and Hellebor. in  solution (twelve glob, of each
 to half a  teacupful of Avater)  every hour, alternately,  a
 teaspoonful until better.

   Disorders consequent upon Measles. — If sensitiAreness  to
 light continues too  long after  the eruption  is  out, give
 Belladonna,  morning and evening one dose (four glob.) ;
 this  same remedy,  applied similarly, suits, if the head
 is  affected (congestion of  the  head),  in  alternation with
 Stramonium.
    Constipated,  or not too open bowels, are not injurious
 during or after  this disease; if a mucus  diarrhea  ensues 
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CUTANEOUS DISEASES.
 giAre China, Mercury,  Pulsatilla, at intervals of six hours,
 until better.   If not better, gi\re one or two  doses of  Sul-
 phur—every six hours one dose, (four glob).   If  the diar-
 rhea is  Avatery,  and  connected Avith  typhoid symptoms,
 loss of consciousness,  dry tongue, give Arsenic and Phos-
 phorus in the same manner.
   If earache ensues,  give  Pulsatilla,  every two  or three
 hours a dose ; if this is accompanied by running of the ear,
 give after Pulsatilla a dose (four glob.) of  Sulphur on tAvo
 successive evenings, and  if not better in two or three days,
 give  Carbo veg. in the  same manner.
   If the glands beloAV and in front of  the  ear SAvell, (par-
 otitis, or mumps), give Arnica and Rhus every four or six
 hours a dose (four glob.), till better.
   Diet must  be light — as  gruels,  Avater  (children* milk
 and water), toasted bread; and only gradually more nour-
 ishing.
   N. B.  Do not alloAV the children to  go out of the room
 too early,  or even to go to the  door or window, or play on
 the floor; Ave can not be too careful to  avoid taking cold.
   As a preventive of measles, give Aconite and Pulsatilla
 every third day a  dose (four glob.), alternately, during the
 epidemic ;  it may prevent an attack, and will certainly  mit-
 igate its  severity.

                    French Measles.
   In this disease, Avhich resembles the former, but is milder
 in every  respect, it is only necessary to mitigate the fever
 and restlessness, if there  is any, Avith alternate doses (four
glob.) of Coffea and Aconite, one  every tAvo, three, or six
hours, after which, the eruption soon disappears.
   Diet and Regimen the same as in measles, but Avhen
complicated Avith catarrhalic symptoms, give a dose or two
(four glob.) of Pulsatilla ; and when the head is congested, 
SCARLET RASH.
57
give a couple of doses of Belladonna  in  alternation with
Aconite.

                      Scarlet Rash.
   This disease is different from scarlet  fever, in as far as the
redness of the eruption is darker, and the finger, on slight
pressure, leaves no white imprint, besides there are numerous
small  granular elevations felt under the  skin,  sometimes
distinctly seen.   There  is  another distinctive difference
from scarlet fever;  this latter appears, invariably, first on
the  face, next on the  body, and lastly on the extremities.
Such a regularity is not found in scarlet rash—it may ap-
pear irregularly or at  once over the whole body.  It is fre-
quently  and mostly seen in combination with scarlet fever,
Avhich is known by its smooth redness on the surface.
   Treatment. — If it appears  alone, it is not a dangerous
disease,  and yields  easily to a few doses of Aconite, every
three  or four hours one dose (four glob.), and in alterna-
tion Avith  Coffea, if there is  great restlessness  and irrita-
bility.
   If it is combined with scarlet fever, the symptoms some-
times  become very severe ;  see, for their  treatment, the
next article, " Scarlet Fever."  In case it disappears  sud-
denly, Ipecac, and Bryonia should be given every half hour,
or hour, a dose (four glob.), tAvice  or three times, at the
same-time covering the patient well; but when symptoms
of the head appear,  with  drowsiness, give Opium  (four
glob.), or, if the patient starts on closing the  eyes, Bella-
donna (four glob.), once  or twice in  four hours.
   Diet  the same as in measles, and the same caution  as
regards  taking cold afterward.
   N. B. This disease does not strictly prevent patients  from
having  the  real scarlet fever  afterward, although it often
diminishes their liability to  it, as  I  have had  occasion  to
        4* 
58                cutaneous diseases.
observe in many instances.   It bears the same relationship
to scarlet fever as French  measles (or measle-rash, as we
may call it) does to ordinary measles.

                     Scarlet Fever.
  A well known scourge  to the world of children,  and
dreaded by the allopathic physician more  than  any other.
It is not the least triumph of the glorious Hahnemann  to
have found the true specific against this  disease, diminish-
ing its  terrors, and  furnishing a remedy,  Avhich the allo-
pathists have adopted to a great extent.
  Diagnosis.— After a fever  of more or less severity,
characterized by  a very quick pulse, and sometimes accom-
panied  with sore throat, headache, thirst, and  stupor,  or
uncommon liveliness, the eruption appears in the form  of
bright red (scarlet) blotches indefinitely marked, on which,
when pressed by the finger, a white  spot remains, Avhich
soon becomes  red again, from the  centre to the circumfer-
ence.   If it is not combined with scarlet rash,  no grains can
be found in the skin by rubbing over it with  the hand; it
appears, the first day, on the face and neck, the second  on
the breast and region of the stomach,  and the third day,  on
the arms, hands,  and limbs.  But more frequently it appears
in combination with scarlet rash (see this article), in which
case it assumes a more dangerous and destructive character.
   If this disease exists alone, it  generally  terminates  in
five or  six  days, the skin coming off in large  pieces.
   Treatment.—Belladonna is the  specific  for this  disease,
Avhich  is cured  by  its  use  alone,  except in complicated
cases.
   The  symptoms requiring its use, are dry burning  fever,
 quick pulse, starting on closing the eyes for a few minutes,
 great thirst, dry, red, or whitish coated tongue, urine scanty
 and highly colored, scarlet eruptions on  the face, or over 
SCARLET FEVER.
59
the entire body.  Sometimes this external redness does not
appear, but instead of it the throat is more or less affected,
in which case the tongue has always a reddish gloss.   Yet,
even this wandering of the scarlet from the outside skin to
the mucus membrane of the throat, does  not materially in-
crease the danger  of the  case, if  the glands  only do not
enlarge  too much.   Under all these circumstances, as in-
deed always at first, give Belladonna in the following man-
ner :   Dissolve twelve globules in half a teacupful of water,
and give of this solution every two, three, or four hours, a
teaspoonful for four or six  times.   If  the  disease  gets
worse  soon after giving  Belladonna, discontinue its use, or
let the patient smell of spirits of camphor a few times and
wait, with the application of  the Belladonna, till the  child
gets worse again ; this, however, will not generally be found
necessary.
   In this manner continue to use the Belladonna for  three
or four days,  until  the scaling process commences, when it
is only necessary to keep the  patients aAvay from the slight-
est draught;  it is  by far the safest to keep them  in bed
closely for four or five days after the fever has left, when a
 dose of Sulphur (four glob.)  may  be given to complete the
 cure.
   But if the case is a complicated one from its beginning,
 or becomes so in its progress, other remedies besides Bell-
 adonna are needed.   Cases of this  kind ought to be treated
 by a homoeopathic physician  ; yet, where none is to be had,
 the following prescription will be found beneficial:
   If there is great  restlessness and  sleeplessness, irritabil-
 ity, Avhining and tossing about, give Coffea and Belladonna
 in solution (twelve glob, in half a teacupful  of  Avater),
 every hour a teaspoonful; or, if there is  violent fever, with
 dry heat, full and quick pulse, congestion of the head, oc-
 casional delirium or lethargy, with starting Avhen awaking 
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CUTANEOUS DISEASES.
 and dry, short, painful cough, give Aconite and Belladonna
 in solution, alternately, in the same manner.
   If the patient is better under this treatment during  the
 daytime, but in the night these symptoms appear more or
 less, particularly restlessness and sleeplessness, give Coffea
 cc'  and Belladonna cc'  every hour alternately, (four glob.),
 until the patient is more composed.
   If, with great drowsiness and tossing about, the tongue
 is very dry,  thirst great, Avith  swelling of glands on  the
 neck increasing, skin  shining on the face  and neck, head
 thrown backward,  and almost constant delirium, give Rhus
 and Belladonna in solution the same manner as above, every
 hour a  teaspoonful, alternately, for six  or eight  hours,  fol-
 lowed   by  Coffea  cc"  and Belladonna cc' ;  if  very rest-
 less during the night, as above, this repeated every day for
 three or four days, secures,  in most cases, a  favorable is-
 sue ; perspiration sets  in, and then one or two doses of Sul-
phur (four glob.) are necessary to complete the cure.
   If this disease is combined with scarlet rash, as it mostly
 is at present, the symptoms become more severe, the throat
 is affected inside and the glands SAvell outside, sometimes to
 a great extent.  We call this the malignant  scarlet fever.
 In such cases, when ulceration of the  glands commences,
 indicated by  a very offensive smell, and a great quantity of
 mucous running from  the  mouth, give Mercury  (twelve
 glob, dissolved in half a teacupful  of water),  every  two
 hours a teaspoonful, for six  or eight times alone,  or alter-
 nating with  Belladonna, if the patient starts or  jerks on
 closing the eyes, can not swallow liquids easily, has violent
 thirst,  with sensitiveness to light.
   If no improvement takes place within twelve hours, give
 Sulphur in  solution the same as Mercury, twice or three
 times,  and then Avait  six or eight hours, giving, in  the 
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meanAvhile, only an occasional dose (four glob.) of  Coffea
cc' and  Belladonna cc', alternately, if the patient is very
restless.
  If no better at the end of that  time, restlessness still in-
creasing, the saliva excessively fetid, with gritting of teeth,
give Arsenic in solution, in the same manner as Mercury,
and after that, in the same manner, give Nitric acid and
Lycopodium, particularly when the stupor  of  the patient
increases and lethargy sets  in.
  If, in this  condition,  the breathing resembles  snoring,
with burning heat of the skin, whether dry or covered with
perspiration, give  Camphor and Opium in solution (twelve
glob, of each, separately dissolved in half  a teacupful  of
water), every half hour a teaspoonful, alternately; give of
each three or four times, and  after that, if there is no im-
provement, give Cuprum, (twelve glob, in half a teacupful
of water), in  solution, every hour a teaspoonful.
  If, at any time  during this disease, a kind of stranguria
(difficulty of urinating) ensues, give Cantharides (four glob.)
once or twice, and in alternation with  Coffea, if  there is
great restlessness  and irritability.   If not better, give Con-
ium in the same manner.
  If croupy symptoms appear, give Aconite and Hepar sulph.
alternately, every hour a dose (four glob.), until better.

  Diseases consequent upon  Scarlet Fever and Scarlet
Rush.—Earache  and Ulceration in the Ear. — For severe
pains in the  ear, give Belladonna, Pulsatilla, and  Hepar
sulph.,  alternately, every two  hours one dose (four glob.)
until better.
  For the  running of the ear (otorrhcea), give  Calcarea
six times, every evening and morning one dose (four glob.),
Avait three or four days, and if no  better, give Silicea in the 
62                CUTANEOUS  DISEASES.
same manner.  For the swelling of the glands below, and
in front  of the ear, (mumps), give  Carbo veg. and  Rhus,
alternately, every four or six hours a dose (four glob.), un-
til two doses  of each are taken.
   If a child, after this disease evinces symptoms of dropsy
of the brain, (head hot, extremities cold, vomiting on mov-
ing, with or Avithout diarrhea, sleeps with eyes half open),
give Belladonna and Hellebor. in solution (twelve glob, in
half a teacupful of Avater) eA^ery two hours, alternately, a
teaspoonful until it gets more lively again and  the  above
symptoms disappear, Avhen a  dose, (four glob.), of Sulphur
Avill be serviceable.
   In case  of dropsical swelling  of the Avhole body, give
first Hellebor. and Belladonna in the same manner as above,
and afterward Bryonia and Hellebor., alternately.
   In such cases Arnica, Arsenic, Phosphor, acid and Sul-
phur  are also useful;  commence with  Arnica,  of  which
two doses may be given, one in the evening and one in  the
morning (four glob.) ; and then Avait one day until  signs
of improvement show themselves.  If these do not appear,
give the  other remedies one after another in the same man-
ner.  Keep the patient always covered during this treatment.
   For soreness of the  nose and  face, with sAvelling of  the
glands under the chin, give first  Mercury twice,  every eve-
ning a dose,  (four glob.), then wait two or three days, and
if necessary, give one after the other, Hepar sulph., Silicea,
Sulphur, and Calcarea.
   If the scarlet strikes in suddenly,  the eruption assuming
a livid bluish hue,  and the  child becomes drowsy, Avith
hurried  breathing, give first Bryonia  and Belladonna, a
couple of doses, eA'ery half hour a dose, (four glob.),  and
then if no  better give  Cuprum in solution (twelve glob, in
half a teacupful of water) every fifteen or thirty minutes a 
CHICKEN POX.
63
teaspoonful.  If not better in two hours, continue the same
with Camphor in alternation, and cover the patient well.
  Diet and Regimen the same as in measles; examine
closely " N. B."  at the end of article on "Measles."
  As  a preventive  against scarlet fever, give, during the
prevalence of the disease, to every child a dose (four glob.)
of Belladonna cc' to be taken every other evening.
  N. B.  It is hardly necessary to urge the necessity of the
advice and attendance of a homoeopathic physician in this
disease, if one  can possibly be obtained.

                      Chicken Pox.
   Diagnosis.—This eruption is often  mistaken for small
pox or varioloid, particularly when a small pox epidemic is
raging.  We will give the differences between them.  Be-
fore the chicken  pox appears, the patient is only sick from
twenty-four to forty-eight hours, and then he has, generally,
fever  and headache,  Avith bilious  rheumatic  symptoms,
without the  severe  swimming in the head  and the back-
ache, Avhich never fail to appear before the small pox breaks
out.   Instead of that, he complains of stranguria and ten-
esmus, (see glossary), which is not the case in small pox.
   The chicken  pox appears  irregularly on different parts
of the body at once, while the small pox and varioloid al-
Avays  appear on the face first.  Again, the pustule of the
 chicken pox appears at once in the form of a bladder, not
 as  in small pox  and varioloid, in the  form  of a point like
 the head  of a pin.  When the  chicken pox is developed,
 the pustule has but one cavity, Avithout any inner divisions,
 containing the clear  liquid, and without a dent on the top
 of it; while the pustule of the small pox contains the liquid
 in divisions, like an orange,  and has a dent  on top.  The
 liquid of  the chicken pox ATery seldom becomes turbid or
 mattery,  as is the case in small pox, but dries up in a spongy 
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 crust, vrithout leaving a mark ;  the crusts of small pox are
 hard,  and oftentimes  leave  marks.   Chicken  pox is not
 contagious in the same manner as small pox ; it depends, for
 its propagation, more on individual predisposition, strength-
 ened by atmospheric influence.
   Treatment.— For the fever,  prior to the eruption, give
 Aconite  and Belladonna every  tAvo or three hours, alter-
 nately, a dose, (four glob.), until  three  doses of each are
 given.   If the patient complains of bilious rheumatic symp-
 toms, give Bryonia and Rhus, alternately, every two hours
 a dose, (four glob.), until three doses of  each are given.
   If there are  bilious nervous symptoms, give  Belladonna
 and Rhus, alternating in the same manner.
   If tenesmus is present, give Mercury, every two hours
 one  dose, (four glob.)   If there  is  stranguria, give Canthar-
 ides and Conium, alternately,  eArery two hours a dose (four
 glob.) until three doses of each are given, or the patient is
 relieved.   If the eruption is  very considerable, give two
 doses of Antimon. crud. every twelve hours one (four glob.)
   Diet and Regimen as in measles.
   N. B. In children severe symptoms of the head may ap-
 pear, for instance, convulsions, (see this  article)  or the
 eruption might strike in ;  in the latter case, treat it as stated
 in measles striking in.   (See article " Measles.")  Chicken
 pox  may occur more than once in  a lifetime.

                 Small Pox.   ( Variola.)
   This disease  has four important  stages which we will first
 describe, afterward we give their treatment.
  First.   Febrile Stage.—This commences, generally, from
 seven to fourteen days after the  exposure to the contaoion,
with a chill more or less severe, after which, intense fever
sets in with severe pains in the head and small of the back,
aching in the bones  and general  soreness;  dry, hot skin, 
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great thirst, cough, oppression in the stomach, sometimes
vomiting of bile ;  light hurts  the eyes, with swimming  of
the head ; the mind wanders,  is flighty, anxious expression
of countenance and great prostration  of strength.
   Second.   Eruptive  Stage.—After the frebile stage has
lasted from forty-eight to seventy-tAvo hours, the  eruptive
stage commences, by the appearance  of small red pimples
on the  forehead and face of the size  of pin  heads, after
Avhich the severity of  the fever symptoms abates gradually.
On the  first day the eruption appears on the face ; the sec-
ond, on the breast and body ; and the third, on the limbs
and arms—this  stage, therefore, lasts three  days.
   Third.   Stage of Suppuration.—The pustules now grow
to perfection,  as large as a bean cut  in two ; the liquid in-
side is contained in cells like an orange, on top is a little
dent, and around them a red circle.   This stage lasts three
days ; but as the pustules first  appear on the face, then on the
breast,  and lastly on the extremities, they are already in
perfection  on  the  face Avhen they are still filling on the
breast and growing on the extremities.
   Thus, a  wise Providence  has divided  the burden  in
three parts, Avhich Avould otherwise be unbearable.
   At the end of this period, the liquid in the pustules is
turbid and mattery.
   Fourth.   Stage of Desiccation.—With the eighth or ninth
day of  the eruption it begins to dry up; some of the pus-
tules burst, and Avith the formation of scabs desiccation
commences and progresses until the tenth day,  at which
time, in favorable cases, the fever has entirely disappeared,
the swelling  of the  face has diminished, the scabs have
fallen off the upper  part of  the body, leaving marks of a
reddish-broAvn color.
   This is the  regular and favorable  course of the disease
where the  pustules "are not so numerous as to run together ; 
66               CUTANEOUS  DISEASES.
but Avhere the small pox is confluent, the danger of the case
and the length of its duration are considerably increased.
  Treatment. — Febrile stage. — During the chill and the
first six hours of the fever, give Aconite, every two hours a
dose (four glob.).  If severe  headache (congestion), Avith
sensitiveness to  light, and delirium,  are present,  alternate
with Belladonna, in the same manner.
  If, afterward,  severe backache ensues, with pains in the
bones and general soreness (bilious rheumatic), give Bryo-
nia and Rhus, alternately, every two  or three hours a dose
(four glob.) for tAvelve or sixteen hours.  This is generally
sufficient.
  If, hoAvever, there is vomiting, give one dose (four glob.)
Tart. emet.
  If the headache increases to insensibility, stupor ensues,
and snoring-like breathing, give one or two doses of Opium,
every two hours one (four glob.)
  If the patient  is very  restless, sleepless, and  irritable,
give Coffea cc' and Belladonna  cc', every hour a  dose (four
glob.) until better.
  Treatment of the  second or eruptive  stage. — If
the delirium, which may  haAre  lasted  up to this time, does
not disappear entirely when the eruption appears,  or if the
eruption does not  appear sufficiently  or not at  all, give
Stramonium, in solution (twelve glob,  in half a teacupful
of water), every two  hours a teaspoonful, for twelve hours.
  If the  lungs suffer, at this  stage,  with a hoarse, slimy
cough, give  Tart, emet., a few doses,  every tAvo  hours one,
(four glob.); if with great oppression on  the  chest, give
Ipecac, in the same manner.
  In children, this stage requires particular attention, and
Belladonna,   in alternation  with Stramonium,  should  be
given, every  two hours a teaspoonful  of each (ten glob, in
half a teacupful of water), until the eruption is out. 
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67
  If, however, this stage progresses finely, without severe
symptoms, give  nothing but Tart. emet.  and Thuja, in al-
ternation, every  three  hours a dose (four glob.), until six
doses of each are taken.  These remedies have the specific
power  to mitigate the  eruption, from  the similar eruption
they produce on the healthy.
  Treatment of the third  stage. — Suppuration. — If
this stage has a great deal of fever,  give Mercury, every
three hours a  dose (four glob.) until four  doses are taken,
particularly when there is  abundant saliva in the mouth.
The swelling  of the eyes only requires ablutions of warm
water and milk.
  If, however, in this  stage, the  skin between the pustules
becomes  of a livid  hue or dark brown, and the pustules
themselves Avatery and flabby (black small-pox), give Ar-
senic in solution (tAvelve glob, in half a teacupful  of water),
every  two hours a teaspoonful, alternating, in  the same
manner, with  China, if diarrhea ensues.   After these rem-
edies,  a  dose of Sulphur (four glob.) will be of service.
   This treatment is also  serviceable, if, in the  confluent
form, typhoid symptoms occur, with brown, cracked tongue
only, give, in the  absence of diarrhea,  instead of China,
Rhus in alternation with Arsenic.
   Striking in of the  eruption happens  in this stage more
than in any other, and ought to be treated with Cupr., as
directed for "Scarlet Fever," (see this article.)
   Treatment of the fourth stage. — Desiccation. — In
the beginning of this stage, give a dose (four glob.) of Sul-
phur; if the  patient  is tolerably comfortable, he does not
require  anything more than cleansing the skin by frequent
ablutions with  tepid water, and a careful attention to diet.
   If, hoAvever, he still has diarrhea, give Mercury in alter-
nation with Sulphur, every three or four hours a  dose  (four
glob.) until better. 
68               cutaneous diseases.
  The itching  at this period  is alleviated by  a couple of
doses of Sulph., evening and morning one dose (four glob.)
  If the patient has reached this period in a typhoid state,
he must be treated accordingly.  (See " Typhus.")
  Diet and Regimen. — The room of the patient should be
kept Avell ventilated, not too warm, and almost dark, during
the Avhole time.
  The diet should be rather cold than warm ; for instance,
water, ice  cream as much as  Avanted, lemonade, oranges
(the latter  three not in diarrhea), gruels, dry toast;  also,
well-steAved prunes and roasted apples;  animal food is not
allowed, even long after convalescence.
  Diseases which may occur after small pox, such as con-
sumption, diarrhea,  inflammation  of the  eyes, etc.   See
under their proper heads.
  As a preventive against this disease, vaccination is well
and  favorably  known ; for hoAv long a time,  however, this
may prevent small pox, is yet a matter of speculation.  It
varies, certainly, in different individuals; the shortest pe-
riod may be seven years ;  the  longest is not known.
  I  consider Aaccination  and  revaccination  from time to
time, our duty  and  a safeguard against the encroachments
of this fearful disease upon society in general.
  N. B. See introduction to "Eruptive Infectious Fevers,"
p. 53.
            Varioloid,  or Modified Small Pox.
  This disease  is similar, in all respects,  to the former, yet
not the same.   It  is  decidedly milder,  and requires  no
mention  of a   different treatment  from  that given under
"Small Pox."   (See this  article.)
  N. B.   A person Avho is well vaccinated will, when ex-
posed even to small pox, take varioloid only ;  and, thus far,
vaccination, which is a protection against small pox, does
not prevent the varioloid, although one Avho has had the 
chrontc eruptions.
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small pox will very seldom take the  varioloid.  The vario-
loid rarely leaves scars on the skin.

                2.   Chronic Eruptions.
   To give a  detailed description of all  the  varieties  of
cutaneous diseases coming under the above head, would be
of no advantage for domestic  practice, as most of these
chronic skin diseases require the  most skillful discrimina-
tion of an attending physician; for the reason  that their
causes  and character are too deeply connected with the
patient's constitution (in each case, perhaps, differently so) ;
and, thus, it  is almost impossible to generalize  them and
their treatment, within the limits of a medical guide-book
like this.   We will try to describe some of the most familiar
ones, advising the reader, at  the same time, however, to
apply to a homoeopathic physician immediately on finding
his own treatment  insufficient;  because all chronic cutane-
ous  affections are  very important  for the welfare of  the
system.
      Irritation of the Skin. — Itching.  (Pruritus.)
   A fine rash under the skin, scarcely perceptible, and color-
less, produces a very disagreeable  and distressing itching,
particularly at night, when undressing, or in bed after getting
warm.   It is caused, mostly, by exposure to the extremes of
heat and  cold, and appears, consequently, in the  hight of
 summer, as well as in winter.  Sometimes, the eating of too
 much fat or greasy food produces it:  if so, the  diet ought
to be changed.
   Treatment.—.Wash, every evening before going to bed,
 with water and plenty of Castile soap, without drying it off.
 If this does not relieve Avithin four or six days,  try brandy
 or alcohol, in the same manner (but take  care not to come
 in contact with a  light.)   If  this  does not produce good 
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results, wash with  Avater mixed  with spirits of Camphor.
Internally, administer as follows :
  If the irritation is worse in  the warmth  of the bed or
near the fire, and if worse after scratching, give Pulsatilla,
every evening a dose (six glob.), and, also, if fat food may
have caused it.
  If it commences after going to bed, and  resembles flea
bites all over the body, shifting  from one part to another,
Ignatia, given in the same manner, will be of service.
  Mercury suits, when it continues through the whole night,
and  after  scratching bleeds easily and freely; in this case
alternate with Sulphur, every other evening, one dose (four
glob.)  for a week.
  If  an  intolerable  burning  accompanies  the  irritation,
amounting almost to  feverishness, take Bryonia and Rhus,
alternately, every six hours a dose (four glob.) for twenty-
four or thirty-six hours;  tAvo days after take Hepar sulph.,
evening  and morning, a  dose (six glob.)   If not better in
four or six days after, take Carbo veg., evening and morn-
ing, one dose (six glob.)
  If it commences when  undressing, take  Nux vom.  and
Arsenic, in alternation.   If old people are troubled Avith it,
give Opium and Secale, alternately,  every evening  a dose
(four glob.)  If it renders the patient very restless, so that
he perspires, take  Colocynth.   If it is caused by summer
heat, take Lachesis and Lycopodium,  alternately, eArery eve-
ning a dose (four glob.)
  If it is accompanied with fine  stitches, like needles, take
Thuja, every evening a dose (four glob.) for two evenings.
  If it does not yield to one of the above remedies, take Si-
licea, every third evening a dose (four glob.),  until  four
doses are taken.  If then not better, take Sulphur, in the
same manner.
  If this irritation  shows itself around the anus or the pri- 
VARIOLOID.--CHILBLAINS.              71
vate parts, (prurigo) its cause is rather a constitutional one,
and  requires  Calcarea, Lycopodium,  Sulphur,  Nitric acid,
and Sepia.   If it is around the anus, Dulcamara, Nitric
acid, Petrol, Sulphur,  Lycopodium, Graphites.   If on the
scrotum,  Thuja.   If on  the  pudendum,  Calcarea,  Carbo,
Conium,  Sepia, Sulphur,  Nitric acid.
  Administration.—In using these  remedies, begin with
the first—put  twelve globules in four tablespoonfuls of wa-
ter, and  take, evening and morning, a teaspoonful.   After
it is taken, wait four days ; then take the next in the same
manner,  if not better at that time.  Beside this, wash fre-
quently in cold water.

                       Chilblains.
   Diagnosis.—Chilblains mostly appear on hands and feet
Avhich have been frost-bitten, and, if they burst  and ulce-
rate, are extremely painful.
   Treatment.—If the parts begin  to swell,  assuming  a
dark, reddish-broAvn color, with itching and beating, worse
in the evening or at night, take  Pulsatilla, in solution
(twelve globules in half a teacupful of water), morning, noon,
and evening a teaspoonful, and occasionally Avash the parts
affected in a teaspoonful of the solution.
   In a  feAV days afterward, take Sulphur, evening and
morning, a dose (four glob.)   If the parts have a bright red
color, and itch more in the Avarmth,  take Nux vom., in the
same manner.
   If the parts are very painful  and burning, take  Chamo-
mile, prepared in the same manner ;  but give, every three or
four hours, a teaspoonful, alternately with Arsenic,  or else
Hepar sulph., in the same manner.
   If the swelling is hard and shining, take Arnica internally,
and wash externally with two drops of the tincture to a tea-
spoonful of Avater, the same as Pulsatilla. 
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  If the swelling still increases, and appears of a bluish red,
take Belladonna, in the same manner as Chamomile.
  Diet.—Abstain strictly from pork, and all irritating sub-
stances, such  as pepper, and too much  salt and  salted
meats.
  N. B.  If the disease will not improve under the above
treatment, apply to a homoeopathic physician.

               Excoriations.   (Intertrigo.)

  If  they appear during the summer, in adults, give  Arni-
ca,  Carbo veg., Nuxvom.,  Lycopodium, Sulphur, beginning
with  Arnica, every evening a dose  (four glob.) for two
days, and then wait two days for its effect—taking the next
in the same manner, and  so on until better.
    Chafing  of  bedridden patients  requires  Arnica (ten
drops of the tincture to half a teacupful of water,) externally
applied, Avith cloths dipped into the mixture.   At the same
time place  a soft, tanned deerskin under the  sheets of the
bed, the hairy side down.
  If the affected parts look  bluish, and there is danger of
mortification,  give China internally, in  alternation with
 Carbo veg., every four or  six hours a dose (four glob.), and
wash externally, with  a solution of Silicea  (twelve globules
in half a teacupful of water),  several times a day.
  Disposition to fester.—There  exists in  some persons a
disposition of the skin to fester, if the slightest injury has
taken place, or ulcers  do  not heal.   In such a case, give of
the following remedies every week, on two succeding eve-
nings, one dose (four glob.) until better, Chamomile,  Hepar
sulph., Lachesis, Silicea,  Sulphur.
    Chapped hands (rhagades),  from  working in water,  re-
 quires Calcarea, Hepar sulph., Sepia, Sulphur, administered
in  the same manner. 
EXCORIATIONS--RING-WORM--TETTER.        73
  Cracked skin, from cold in the winter, requires Petrol,
Sulphur, in the same manner.

           Ringworm.  (Herpes circinnatus.)
  This eruption appears in small rings on various parts of
the body ; within them the skin looks healthy as usual—at
least, this is the case at first.   They are more apt to appear
in summer.
   Treatment. — Dissolve  Sepia (twelve glob.) in half a
teacupful of water, and give for three days, morning and
evening, a teaspoonful, and wash with  part of the solution ;
repeat the same for eight or ten days, if necessary.

                   Tetter.  (Herpes.)
   This term comprehends a great  many varieties of the
same disease, which, when present, show a constitutional
disorder that ought to be treated by a homoeopathic physi-
cian.   The tetter may appear on any part of the body-
hands, face, lips, the ears, etc., and requires different reme-
dies accordingly ; but the easiest direction which can be
given for practical purposes, in a domestic way, is to be
guided by its discharging quality.
   Dry tetter requires Dulcamara, Sepia, Silicea,  Sulphur.
   Running tetter—Dulcamara, Rhus, Graphites,  Calcarea,
Lycopodium, Sulphur.
   Bleeding tetter —Arsenic,  Carbo veg., Rhus,  Mercury,
 Sulphur.
    Ulcerating tetter—Mercury, Sulphur, Rhus, Sepia, Ly-
copodium.
   Administration.—In using these remedies for a  tetter
having one of the  above qualities (its locality on the body
 does not make so much difference), take a  dose of the first
 named remedy on two consecutive evenings, (six glob.) and
 repeat this every week for four weeks, then discontinue for
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74               CUTANEOUS DISEASES.
two Aveeks, taking the next remedy in the same manner,
if the  tetter shoAvs no improvement during that time.   In
case of amelioration, however, take no more medicine un-
less worse again.
   Keep the air off the tetter by a simple cover.
   Diet as in chilblains.

                    Itch.  (Scabies.)
   Not every eruption or pimple that itches is the itch—a
malady so much  dreaded  in  a  family, that everything is
welcome, and indiscriminately  used,  which  will tend  to
eradicate this loathsome  disease ; and thus salves and oint-
ments without number are used, but not  without danger.
Even if apparently cured by these salves, it is only driven
into the system, laying the foundation  for innumerable dis-
eases  afterward.  Therefore, never  do  anything  of this
 kind,  under any consideration.   First, be sure  that it is
the real itch, AA'hich is contagious.   Frequently/, it is only a
 disease described in the  article on "Itching."
   Diagnosis. — The real itch appears in pointed vesicles,
filled  with  a transparent serous  fluid, mostly about  the
 wrists, between  the  fingers, and  around  the joints.  The
 itching increases in the  evening, especially in the  warmth
 of the bed.   It never appears on the face.
   Treatment.— Sulphur is  the  specific for it.   Take,
 every evening, a dose (ten glob.), for eight  days; at the
 same time, wash the parts Avith half a pint of water, into
 which is put a  grain of powdered Sulphur, twice  a day,
 morning and evening,  shaking the  mixture well before
 using.   Repeat this treatment if, after a week, no improve-
 ment has taken place ; but, then,  alternately with Mercury,
 in the same manner.
   If, after another week, there is no improvement, and the
 eruption is  yet  small and dry,  take Carbo veg., for eight 
ITCH.--MILK-CRUST.
75
days, every other evening a dose (six glob.), and, afterAvard,
if necessary, Hepar sulph., in the same manner; but, if,
during this time, pustules have made their appearance, give
Caustic, in the same manner.
  The pustular or humid variety generally spreads more
over the body, and also appears frequently on the back,
shoulders, arms,  and thighs.  In this form, Sulphur  and
Lycopodium are necessary, given, as stated  above  in " Sul-
phur and  Mercury,'' for eight days;  then Avait eight days,
and, if no better, take  Caustic,  and, after it, Mercury, in
the same  manner.
   Sepia,  internally and externally,  applied in  the same
manner as Sulphur, has frequently  been beneficial when
nothing else seemed to have the desired effect.
   When the pustules are large, and turn yellow and blue,
take Lachesis, for several evenings a dose (six glob.)
   When the itch has been suppressed by external applica-
tions,  and dangerous results threaten,  give  Sulphur  and
Arsenic, in alternation, every evening a dose (six  glob.)
   In obstinate cases, apply to a homoeopathic physician.

               Milk-crust.   ( Crusta lactea.)
   This disease, as,  in fact,  all chronic eruptions of any
 extent, ought to be treated  by a skillful homoeopathic phy-
 sician ; yet we will here insert as much of  the treatment as
will warrant  its rational commencement and  often  favor-
 able termination.
   Diagnosis. — It consists  of numerous small, whitish  pus-
tules, appearing in  clusters upon  a red basis, first on the
 face, the  cheeks and forehead, but spreading,  afterward,
 over the  Avhole head and  other parts of  the body.   The
 redness  and  sAvelling frequently increase,  and, Avith it, the
 itching becomes intolerable, particularly if a  large part of
 the  face  and  head is covered with the eruption.  In  such 
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cases, the glands on the neck and under the ears enlarge in
consequence.
   Children, from four to eighteen months of age, are liable
to it.
   Treatment. — Rhus is the principal medicine, of which
is to be given, every fourth  evening a dose  (four glob.), in
alternation with Hepar sulph., in the same manner, so that
the child  takes one  or the other of the medicines every
other evening.
   If the child at any time is very restless, and the itching
seems  to  be very aggravated, particularly at night, give
Aconite and Chamomile,  alternately,  every two  hours  a
dose (two glob.) until better.
   If the running of the eruption suddenly dries up, and the
child becomes drowsy, sleeps with eyes half open, has a
hot head and  cold  feet, give Belladonna and Hellebor., as
directed under the head of "Measles."  Externally, apply
nothing but a little sweet cream, or Avash occasionally with
weak soapsuds.

Scald Head.  (Ring worm of the Scalp.)   (Tinea capitis.)
   There are several  varieties of this disease ; but for prac-
tical purposes,  the  distinction of dry  and running scald
head is sufficient.
   Diagnosis.—It appears, generally, on the hairy part of
the head, in numerous yellowish pustules, finally forming a
thick crust covering the head and neck  of children  from
two to fourteen years of age ; bad as it is, and obstinate to
cure, yet its sudden  disappearance, after the application of
violent external means, creates worse internal disorders, and
frequently even death.   It  is highly contagious ; be care-
ful even with the articles of clothing, particularly on the
patient's head; let no other child come in  contact with it. 
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77
It generally lasts a  long time, and ought to be treated by
a skillful homoeopathic physician.
  Treatment.—First institute  the treatment given under
" Milk-crust," and continue it for four weeks ; if no ame-
lioration takes place  during that time, give, if the eruption
is of the dry kind,  Calcarea  carb. every third evening a
dose (six glob.) for two Aveeks, and then, if there is  no sign
of improvement, give  Sulphur in the same  manner.   If it
is the running scald  head, give Lycopodium, and afterward
Sulphur, in the  same manner.  If scrofulous symptoms ap-
pear, such as swelling  of the glands on the neck and throat,
give Bryonia and Dulcamara, alternately, every six hours
a dose  (four glob.)  until better.  If the  discharge of the
eruption is very corrosive, causing ulcers, give  Arsenic and
Rhus in alternation, every evening and morning  a dose,
(four glob.) and wash with a solution (twelve glob, in half
a teacupful of water) of each  medicine, applying it to the
edges of the scab, while giving it internally.
   Diet and Regimen. — The usual homoeopathic diet must
be adhered to strictly.   (See " Introduction.")
   The  hair ought to be removed in the beginning  of this
disease.

      Corns.  (Clavi pedis.)  Induration of the Skin.
   Corns on the  Feet. — If they will not disappear after sev-
eral cuttings and applications of Arnica tincture (six drops
mixed with two tablespoonfuls of water), an internal treat-
ment must be resorted to for their eradication.
   First, take  Antimon.  crud. every evening a dose (six
glob.), if the pains  are more pressing, and as if  needles
were running through the corn.   If  the pain is of  a burn-
ing nature, take Calcarea carb. every other evening a dose
(four glob.)  If they are inflamed, take Lycopodium, Sepia,
Silicea in the same manner, taking every week  another 
78                CUTANEOUS  DISEASES.
remedy if necessary.  If they are particularly troublesome
in wet Aveather, take first Bryonia and Rhus, alternately,
every two hours  a  dose  (four glob.), for eight hours, and
then twelve hours afterward a dose of Sulphur.
  Induration of the Skin. — Sometimes the skin  indurates
(gets callous) on the  hands and feet, becomes painful and
peels off—in such  cases take Graphites  internally, every
second evening  a dose  (four glob.) until four doses are
taken, and use externally the same remedy (twelve glob, in
half a teacupful of water well  shaken) three times a day.

                   Warts.   (Verrucm.)
  Neither cauterize nor cut these excresences ; it is too dan-
gerous ; a better rerhedy is the application of the tincture
of Rhus on the wart three times a day.  They will quickly
disappear.

     Whitlows on the Fingers.  (Felons.)   (Panaris.)
  This  disease exists in the form of  an  abscess, more or
less  deeply seated on the end  of the finger,  attended with
severe pain and considerable swelling.
  In the  beginning, its  formation may frequently be  pre-
vented by dipping  the   finger quickly into water almost
boiling, or by Avrapping around  it  finely powdered wood
soot made wet with alcohol, or by washing the finger Avith
a mixture of a drop of creosote in half a teacupful of wa-
ter.   But if this does not avail, keep warm bread and milk
poultice around it all the time till it opens, and take intern-
ally Mercury, Hepar sulph., and Silicea, alternately, eArery
six hours  a dose (four glob.),  for two or three days.
  After it opens, wash the finger three times a day in wa-
ter, in half a teacupful of which twelve globules of Silicea
are dissolved, or keep the  bandage  around the finger wet
with this solution. 
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79
                        Ulcers.

  We can only give their general treatment here, as their
origin  and appearance are too various to be discussed in a
Avork on domestic practice.  They arise, mostly, from  a
diseased condition, which must be first changed by system-
atic  internal treatment, before the external sign of it, the
ulcer, can heal.   When it is forced to close itself by violent
external means, the disease, of Avhich it was the expression,
attacks internal  parts, and the danger is thus increased, as
the dignity of the organ affected is greater.
  Be careful, therefore, in using salves and ointments.
  Diagnosis and Treatment. — First.   An ulcer may be
deep, presenting a hollow excavation.   In this case  fill  it
once or twice every day Avith dry scraped  lint,  previously
cleaning it Avell Avith warm Avater  and tying it  up Avith  a
bandage.  This promotes healthy granulation, and the hol-
Ioav  gradually  fills up.   Internally giAre Lachesis, Hepar,
and  Silicea, alternately, every  second day  a dose  (four
glob.), until four doses of each  are given, or improvement
is perceptible.
  Second.   An  ulcer  may be flat, superficial,  sometimes
presenting proud flesh ; in this  case  dress it with finely
poAvdered loaf sugar, or Avith a bandage dipped in cold wa-
ter and changed from time to  time.  Internally, Petroleum,
Lycopodium, and Silicea, in the same manner as aboA'e.
  Third.  An ulcer may be fistulous: in this  case try to
compress, if possible, the  farthest ends  of the  fistula,  or
fill them Avith dry lint to excite healthy granulation, always
trying  to heal up the  deepest  cavity first.   Give Antimon.
crud., Calcarea curb., Silicea and  Sulphur, in the same man-
ner as  above.
  Fourth.   An  ulcer  may be callous,  with thick,  hard,
broken margins.  In this case fill the bottom Avith dry lint, 
80               CUTANEOUS  diseases.

and dress around the  margins Avith simple cerate.  Give
Arsenic, Pulsatilla, Lycopodium, and Sulphur, in the same
manner as above.
   Fifth. An  ulcer may be carious, proceeding from  the
bone;  dress outside with simple cerate and  give Mercury,
Sulphur, Calcarea carb., and Lycopodium in the same man-
ner as aboAre.
   Sixth.  An  ulcer may be varicose,  caused by swelling
of the veins, for instance, on the lower limbs; dress outside
with simple cerate  and lint, or cold  water bandage, and
give Pulsatilla, Lycopodium, Lachesis, and Sulphur in  the
same manner as above.
   We have another condition of the ulcer to take into con-
sideration, in order to determine what  medicine has  to be
given.
   First.  Ulcers may be painful; in this case, give
   a. When  accompanied by a burning or drawing sensa-
tion, Arsenic, Rhus, and Sulphur, in the same manner as
above.
   b. When beating, eating,  or pressing, Mercury, Lachesis,
Lycopodium and Sulphur in the same manner.
   c When itching,  Hepar sulph., Pulsatilla, and Sulphur
in the same manner.
   Second.  An ulcer may be  without pain;  in this case
give Phosphor, acid, Carbo veg., Sepia, and Sulphur in the
same manner.
   Third.  An  ulcer smells offensively; in  this  case give
Carbo  veg.,  Arsenic, Pulsatilla  and Sulph. in the  same
manner.
   Fourth.  It  spreads very much, increasing in size; in
this case give Mercury, Lachesis, Hepar sulph., Silicea and
Sulphur in the same manner.
   Syphilitic Ulcers  require  Mercury, Nitric acid, Lachesis
and Thuja in the same manner. 
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        Abscesses.   Tumors.   Swelling of Glands.

  When a congestive or inflammatory swelling is not  dis-
persed or absorbed,  it changes gradually into  an abscess;
matter forms which  finally discharges through an opening
of the sore, either prepared naturally, or artificially by a
lancet.
  Treatment.—Before an abscess  opens, it may be very
painful; in this case, poultice it with  bread-and-milk, and
take  internally Belladonna,  Lachesis, and Mercury, alter-
nately, every three or four hours a dose  (four glob.), until
better.
  If it is a long time maturing, without being very painful,
(cold swelling), take Hepar sulph., Iodine, and Sulphur,
every other  evening a dose,  alternately, and poultice  it
when it comes near breaking.
  After an abscess has  opened, wash it frequently during
the day Avith  a solution  of  tAvelve  globules of Silicea in
half a teacupful of water, and  take internally Silicea every
other evening a  dose (four glob.)  until three doses are
taken.
  If it be desired to open an  abscess with a lancet, select
the lowest part, if it is also the softest, which latter condition
is  always to be chosen first.   In  other  swellings, particu-
larly Avhen they appear hard, with stitches through them,
or  soft,  without  much  pain,   apply  nothing  externally,
until  after having  consulted  a  homoeopathic  physician.
Meanwhile, take  internally  Calcarea carb. every three or
four days a dose in the evening (four glob.), until six doses
are taken ; afterward, Sulphur in the same manner.
  Enlarged and indurated glands on the neck, etc.,  require
Mercury and Dulcamara every evening,  alternately, a dose
(four glob.) ;  Avhen  suppurating, Hepar  sulph. and  Silicea,
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cutaneous diseases.
 every third eArening a dose (four glob.), alternately until
 four doses of each are taken.

           Boils.  Malignant Boils.   Carbuncles.
   These are painful, hard tumors, of a pyramidal form, and
 deep red color, generated sometimes by a constitutional ten-
 dency, very  often, hoAvever,  as critical discharges  after
 acute or eruptive fevers, or terminating  chronic  eruptions,
 such as itch, etc.   They suppurate slowly, and discharge,
 on breaking, a little pus mixed with  blood, and exhibit a
 core which is gradually discharged.
   Treatment. — The best application externally is softened
 bread; all other things, such as  roasted onions, soap, and
 sugar, are too irritating, and enlarge the suppurative sphere.
 Internally take first Arnica evening  and morning a dose,
 (six glob.), and if the  boil gets very painful and red, take
 Belladonna and Mercury, alternately,  every three  or four
 hours a dose (four  glob.)  If  matter  has formed,  take
 Hepar sulph. every four hours a dose  (four glob.) until the
 tumor breaks.
   The predisposition to boils  may be removed by taking
 Sulphur every week one dose (siz glob.)  for six weeks.  If
 a  boil becomes  blue, and increases very  fast (malignant
 boil), take Lachesis every three or four hours a dose (four
 glob.) in alternation with Arsenic.  Let the treatment be
 the same if typhoid fever ensues, and the  patient  is very
 weak,  restless,  and  sleepless  (Carbuncle, Anthrax),  and
 mortification threatens.

                   Scirrhus.   Cancer.
  We mention these  diseases here, not to give their treat-
 ment, because the seriousness of their character Avould not
allow of  their being treated domestically;  but it is neces-
 sary to warn patients of this kind against  all those  avIio 
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83
pretend to cure them with the knife or cauterizing applica-
tions.  They always end fatally under such treatment, and
with increased misery.   At the same time, we would advise
them not to despair, but to  apply immediately to a skillful
homoeopathic  physician, who  possesses  the only  means
which  can rationally  afford relief, and which sometimes
effect a complete cure.
  Indurations under the skin,  in glands, on the lips, nose,
etc., Avith  stitching pains  through them,  should receive
attention, from the fear that they might be of the scirrhus na-
ture ; if so, and  if not attended to in time, they will become
open cancers.
  In such cases, relief  is  possible, but only by the timely
advice of a skillful physician.   Meantime, take Belladonna,
every  third evening a dose (four glob.), until four doses
are taken.
  In open  cancers, the distressing burning pains are re-
lieved by Arsenic, in solution (twelve glob, in half a tea-
cupful of water), every two or three hours a teaspoonful,
until four or six are taken. 
CHAPTER  IV.
                     FEVERS.


   The  term fever is frequently misunderstood — people
intending to express by it the disease itself, Avhile, in reality,
fever is the reaction of the vital powers  against a  disease;
and, as every action in nature can be  of a threefold kind,
either not powerful enough for its purpose, or just powerful
enough, or, lastly, too powerful, the fever, also, as an action
of nature, allows these three divisions.
   Accordingly, we have simple irritative fevers, where the
effort of nature to remove the disease is just sufficient; or,
inflammatory fevers,  where  this effort  is  greater  than  is
necessary ; or, lastly, torpid fevers,  where  the effort is not
sufficient to accomplish the removal of the disease.
   In all forms of acute disease, fever of one of the above
kinds is present to  a greater  or less extent.   It is obvious
that one form of fever may,  under circumstances favorable
to the change, merge  into another; for instance, a simple
irritative  fever may  become an inflammatory  one, if the
patient  is overstimulated ;   or  a torpid one, if his vital
energy  is too much depressed.
   Hoav dangerous,  therefore, must be the use of allopathic
remedies in fevers,  as, when  a little  too strong or too weak,
they lead to such awful consequences !  But, in Homoeopa-
thy, this result is altogether obviated,  as the remedial agent
used neutralizes, by its specific action, the disease  of Avhich
the fever Avas only  an attendant symptom. 
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85
  Thus Ave see, in pneumonia, under  allopathic treatment,
that the fever frequently  returns  with great violence, al-
though the patient,  shortly  before, had been depleted to
exhaustion.   The reason is,  that  the cause  of the fever,
the pneumonia, had not been removed by the depletion ;
the reactive force or vital energy to overcome the disease
was merely diminished, and, therefore, the  system rouses
itself up again to a second  attempt; if checked or depressed
again, it must finally sink to rise no more ; it must fall
into the  torpid or typhoid form.   Not  so, under the homoeo-
pathic treatment, where the disease  itself  is  specifically
reached  and as  it Avere absorbed; for when the disease is
removed, no effort of nature is necessary, and, consequently,
the fever disappears of itself.*
   The action of the unaided vital force of  nature, during
the fever, is in two directions — by the nervous, and by the
vascular system — to bring about  a crisis, sufficient for the
extermination of the disease ; but if it fails  in establishing
a sufficient crisis, nature has to surrender, or death ensues ;
and this, again,  either by  paralysis of the nervous system
(paralysis properly so called), or  paralysis of the vascular
system (mortification.)
   The less the  disease, therefore, the  less  needs be the
crisis ; and we  aid nature, indeed,  if we take away the
disease, but not  if we take  away her vital power to over-
come it.   Herein lies another important difference between
  * The best illustration of the  modus operandi of the homoeopathic
medicines, or what is meant by specific action generally, is found in the
effect of the dynamic agents of nature on each other.  Positive and nega-
tive electricity, being similar, but not identical in their nature, neutralize
or absorb  each other; while positive and positive, being identical, repel
each other, having no affinity to each other.  In the same manner, two
similar diseases absorb each other  to the zero point; this state is where
neither exists, and therefore health. 
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the two medical systems ; and it is easy to see how salutary
the homoeopathic, and how  destructive the allopathic treat-
ment of fevers must be.
  In most cases, Homoeopathy takes aAvay the disease so
entirely, by its specific method, that no crisis at all appears.
If it does take place, howeA^er, it manifests itself by diar-
rhea, perspiration, or other secretions,  or by  an eruption ;
after which, the skin becomes moist and the pulse regular.
  Diagnosis. — The symptoms by which the presence of
the three  forms  of fever may be known, are given in the
following characteristics :
  First.  Irritative form. — Shivering, preceding a mod-
erate heat;  skin  natural or a little moist; pulse not very
much accelerated, but fuller, stronger, and not hard ; urine
a little more  reddish than common, and with a sediment
after the fever leaves.
  Second.   Inflammatory form. — Great lassitude precedes
a short but severe chill  (which frequently does not appear,
however), followed by an intense  heat;  skin dry and burn-
ing ;  eyes  sparkling;  tongue  dry;  thirst intense  ; pulse
quicker, hard, and full; urine red and scanty.
  Third.  Torpid form. — The greatest lassitude prevails
during its presence ; the patient feels very weak, although
he may be very hot at times ; at others, the temperature is
very much diminished;  the skin is now very  dry  and in-
clined to crack ; then, again, covered with clammy perspi-
ration.
  At one time, the tongue is dry and black ;  at another,
either natural or covered with a tough mucous.  There is
often an absence of thirst, although the tongue is dry ; and
then, again, thirst is intense with a moist tongue.
   The  pulse  shows the same anomaly, being sometimes
full, with  a low  temperature of the  body;  and again, at
other times, small and weak, with a high fever-heat of the
system. 
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   Treatment. — As  Ave have only given here the general
character of the three kinds of fever that combine them-
selves Avith local diseases of the different organs, we must,
also,  generalize their treatment here,  and refer, for details,
to the affections of the respective organs where fever mani-
fests  itself.   For instance :  fever of the lungs, pneumonia,
inflammatory, or torpid (typhoid.)   See "Affections of the
Lungs."
   The essentials in the treatment of all fevers  are as fol-
Ioavs  :
   Quiet and rest of  body and mind, as much as  possible ;
cool and even temperature  of the patient's room, say from
fifty  to sixty degrees, according to comfort; pure air and
thorough ventilation, without producing it by drafts passing
on or over the patient.   Let the  patient lie on mattresses,
and be covered with quilts, light, but sufficiently warm.
   As the  patient himself does not desire solid  food, we
ought not  to give it; but,  Avhen thirsty, we must  never
refuse drink.  The  best drink is  cold water, as much as
the patient desires, if it  agrees  with him ; frequently give
toast  Avater, barley or rice water, or lemonade, except when
the patient has a diarrhea, or is taking Aconite, with Avhich
no acid will agree.
   In  convalescence,  baked  apples  and stewed prunes are
very salutary, if there is no diarrhea at the time ;  the latter,
however, should be partaken of sparingly.
   We will now treat of several other general forms of fever
as they occur.
             Common or Ephemeral  Fever.
                    (Febris simplex.)
   Diagnosis. — Shivering,  followed by heat, restlessness,
thirst, quick pulse ;  its  termination  is  generally within
twenty-four or thirty-six hours, by profuse perspiration. 
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    It is  mostly caused by exposure  to  sudden changes of
 temperature, and will then terminate in from twenty-four
 to forty-eight hours ;  but where it is the  forerunner of other
 more serious diseases, such  as scarlet fever, measles, etc.,
 it Avill be superseded by them.
    Treatment.—Aconite, in solution  (tweh-e glob, to half
 a teacupful of Avater), every two hours a teaspoonful, until
 perspiration ensues.
    Diet  and  Regimen.-— Cover the  patient  well, and let
 him  drink cold Avater, which promotes perspiration.   Bath-
 ing the feet in Avarm Avater before  lying down is allowed,
 but is should be done near the bed.
    N. B.   If pains  are felt in different parts of the body, see
 respective headings, and treat accordingly.

       General Inflammatory Fever.   (Synocha.)
   Diagnosis. — See "Fevers — Inflammatory form."
    Causes. — These symptoms  are frequently  caused by
 sudden checks of perspiration and exposure to high degrees
 of temperature or its sudden change.  They are also caused
 by external injuries or lesions.  Plethoric and young persons
 are most liable to it.
   It  frequently precedes typhus fever,  particularly  under
 allopathic  treatment,  or, if neglected,  seizes upon some
 organ, where it  then runs through  its phases.  In such
 cases, see the respective  headings.
   Treatment. — Aconite must be  given first, the same as
 in common fever.   See preceding article.
   But, if,  after six hours, there is no improvement, give
 Belladonna.
   When the head is hot,  Avith violent pains in the front part;
face red; sensitiveness to light; eyes sparkling; noise dis-
 tresses ;  very restless or  drowsy ; great thirst; delirium ;
   Administration — the same as Aconite above, or alterna- 
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89
ting with it, until better.  But, if, with the general symp-
toms of inflammatory fever, there is sivimming in the head
on rising or moving ; some delirium ;  oppression at the pit
of the stomach ; vomiting after drinking ; constipation ; ach-
ing pains in the  limbs  and small of the  back ; oppression
of the  lungs ; give Bryonia;  and,  if  the  weather is damp
and rainy at the time, give Rhus, in alternation with Bryo-
nia, in the same manner  as above in Aconite and Bellad.,
until better.
  Diet and  Regimen — the same  as under  the  head of
" Common Fever."

        Nervous  or Typhoid  Fever.  (Typhus.)
  These names, signifying the same disease, are only its
various grades ; but these are  distinguished  by prefixing
the appropriate  word in an adjective form, as a malignant
typhoid fever; a  malignant typhus ;  or, a malignant  ner-
vous fever ; all three of which signify the same.
  Although  we could not advise  any one to treat a fever
like this on his own responsibility, with no other guide than
a work on domestic practice,  unless in cases of absolute
necessity, it is, nevertheless, advisable to give a sufficient
account of the  disease and its remedies, to enable the in-
quirer to  distinguish  it from  others, and commence its
treatment with the right remedies.
   The progress of the disease may frequently be arrested
by early and proper treatment  in its  commencement.   To
the realization of this important point our particular atten-
tion Avill be directed, as in the prevention of disease is seen
the great advantage of domestic practice.
   Diagnosis. — The real  nature of typhus consists  in an
alteration  of the blood, Avhich  becomes thick, decomposed,
and carbonized; but as such  a qualitative change  of the
blood  can not take place at once, the disease begins slowly, 
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but is sure in its progress, unless arrested by the proper
homoeopathic remedy.
  The first  indications are,  general lassitude,  chilliness,
folloAved by occasional feverishness, and, sometimes, pain
in the head, chest,  or abdomen, followed by drowsiness.
Then appear the symptoms given under the heading, "Fe-.
vers — Torpid form."   Beside  these,  one  characteristic
symptom of real typhus is, a pain in the abdomen near the
right hip, sensible to  heavy pressure ; here, in the intestines,
ulcerations of the glands invariably take  place  in real
typhus ;  hence the pain only on pressing heavily.  Under
such symptoms, it runs its course, if not  checked by good
homoeopathic treatment, perhaps to  convalescence, by fre-
quent critical efforts, in about twenty-eight days.
  The best crisis is perspiration, coming  on  gradually ; or
sleep, in the place of delirium and restlessness.   Bleeding
of the nose is less favorable ;  and a still less faArorable crisis
is the swelling of the glands in front of, and below the ear;
or,  it ends  in  death, either by  paralysis or mortification.
(See "FeA'ers.")
  Causes. — In general,  any depressing influence on the
vital powers of the body may produce typhus, but, particu-
larly, overexertion of the  body  or mind ;  excesses of any
kind;  long  and imprudent exposure to cold  or damp
Aveather; bad air,  water, and  mode of living;  crowded
population in filthy streets and small apartments ; exhaust-
ing blood-letting in inflammatory diseases; or, lastly,  a
real typhus  contagion, which is  generated in one form  of
the disease.   (See below, " Contagious Typhus.")
  Preventives. — The best preventive is,  to  aAroid the
aboAre described causes of  the disease, and to take, if already
threatened with it, Bryonia and  Rhus, every  evening alter-
nately a dose  (four glob.), for eight days,  or until better.
Keep quiet  and in the house ; follow the diet prescribed in 
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fevers generally ; keep the feet warm and head cool;  drink
freely of cold water,  and take no allopathic remedies, such
as pills, etc., under any consideration.

              Different Forms of Typhus.
   First.   According to the time of its appearance, typhus
is —
a. Primary, idiopathic, or true and contagious typhus ; or,
b. Secondary, following another disease, and pseudo-typhus ;
   that is, fevers with apparently typhoid symptoms.
   Second.  According to its locality, typhus is —
a. Typhus  of the  brain  (typhus cerebralis), typhoid brain-
  fever, and congestive fever ;
b. Typhus  of the  lungs (typhus pulmonalis), typhoid lung-
  fever ;
c. Typhus  of the  bowels (typhus  abdominalis), abdominal
   typhoid, and yellow fever.
   N. B.   In either of these three forms, those characteristic
symptoms of  real typhus (pains, on pressure near the right
hip, in the intestines), as mentioned above  (see "Diagno-
sis"), never fail to appear,  even if the  brain or lungs  are
primarily affected.
   Third.   According to its qualitative appearance, typhus
is —
a.  Versatile (typhus  versatilis), with excited nervous action ;
b. Stupid (typhus stupidus), with depressed nervous action ;
c. Putrid (typhus putridus), with tendency  to  organic dis-
   solution.
   For practical purposes, we  follow the distinctions made
under the "third "  or last division, as it is the only qualitative
differences  in typhus that  make different remedies  neces-
sary.  The stupid form is oftener found in the typhus of
the  brain ;  the versatile, in typhus of the lungs ; and  the
putrid, in typhus of the bowels.  Yet  there are exceptions. 
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  Treatment. — At the commencement of all three forms,
if there is headache,  giddiness, chilliness with alternate
heat, rheumatic pains in the limbs and arms, sometimes a
slight cough with pains in the back,  with  or Avithout diar-
rhea, sickness at the  stomach or vomiting, restlessness at
night, furred tongue ; give Bryonia  and Rhus, every two
hours a dose (four glob.), until  three of  each are taken.
Make the patient lie down, well covered,  and  await the
reaction for twenty-four hours ; giving nothing, during that
time, except one or two doses of Coffea cc" and Bellad. cc;
if he is very restless during the night.  As  soon as the
patient perspires and the symptoms  gradually disappear,
the typhus, as such, is checked,  and its return is prevented
by giving, on the third day, evening  and  morning, a dose
(four glob.) of  Sulphur; during which time the  patient
still keeps his room, and diets as recommended in fever.
  If, however, the disease progresses, and the  real  typhus
symptoms appear more and more, give as follows :
  If inflammatory  symptoms  appear, such as  full,  hard
pulse;  hot, dry  skin; violent  thirst; give Aconite,  two or
three  doses, every two hours  one (four glob.) ;  and alter-
nate with  Belladonna, in the same manner, if to  the above
symptoms  are added violent congestion  of the head or
lungs,  with severe headache;   sensitiveness to  light  and
noise ;  starting after closing the  eyes, and wild expression
of countenance.   Wait eight or twelve hours for the effect.
  If no change for the better takes  place, but, on the con-
trary, the symptoms increase in violence, give Bryonia and
Rhus again, alternately; but now only every four hours a
teaspoonful  of their respective solutions, (twelve globules
in half a teacupful of water), with which continue till four
of each are taken, or until better.
  After this time, the disease  may have changed, so as to
make one of the following remedies necessary. 
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  Phosphor, acid.  Great exhaustion, flighty when awake,
always  lying on the back in a drowsy state ; giving either
no reply to a question, or replying incoherently, loquacious
delirium, or low  muttering, picking the bedclothes, black
lips, dry, hot skin; frequent, copious, watery, and involun-
tary diarrhea,  sometimes  bloody;  give  alternately with
Rhus in the same manner as Bryonia and Rhus were above
directed to be given.
  Arsenic.  If, with these symptoms, there is extreme pros-
tration of strength, falling  of the  loAver jaw, open mouth,
dull and glassy eyes, burning thirst, profuse diarrhea, pulse
barely perceptible ; alternate Carbo veg. with Arsenic, if to
the above symptoms is added rattling respiration,  cold pers-
piration on the  face and  extremities,  and very offensive
evacutions,  to  be given in solution as above, every half
hour a teaspoonful.  These remedies suit principally in the
putrid form of the disease.
   In the  stupid  form,  however, after  Bryonia  and Rhus
have been given,  the  following remedies  may  be found
necessary:
   Opium.  When there is great drowsiness, with snoring
breathing, open mouth, low mutterings, picking the bed-
clothes, lethargy, all discharges passing involuntarily, give
every hour a dose (four glob.), until better, if not give Phos-
phor, acid as above.
   Lachesis.  Under the same  symptoms as those under
 Opium, particularly if  the tongue  is very red  and shining,
as if varnished ;  in the same manner as above.
   Lycopodium.   Under similar symptoms as  Lachesis,  and
then in alternation with it, in solution, every two hours a
teaspoonful, until a change takes place; but particularly if
there is a strongly marked  redness of the  cheeks, constipa-
tion, and screaming, especially on awakening,  dryness of
the tongue without  thirst. 
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FEVERS.
  In the versatile form, after Bryonia and Rhus  have been
given, the following medicines may be necessary, as,
  Hyoscyamus.   When  there  is  a  desire to  escape;
twitchings, and  grasping  at persons  that are  near;  hot,
red  face,  with  bluish  cheeks,  sparkling  eyes,  dry,
brownish tongue ; alternately  bland and  furious delirium,
involuntary  evacuations;  give every  three  hours a  dose
(four glob.), alternating with  Belladonna in the  same man-
ner ; or, in alternation with
  Stramonium.  If to these symptoms are added frightful
fancies, loquacious delirium, staring eyes, spasmodic  action,
convulsions, and aversion to liquids ;  no stool or urine, and
loss of consciousness.
  There are several other remedies, which, under various
circumstances, are important in the treatment of this dis-
ease.   Arnica, Arsenic, Camphor,  China, Veratrum,  Can-
tharides, Cocculus ; see in " Materia Medica" their pathogen-
etic symptoms, and give them if similar with the state of
the patient.
  N. B. If, at any time, the patient is very sleepless, give
Coffeacc' and Belladonna cc", every hour a dose, (four glob.),
alternately.   If there is clammy cold skin, debilitating and
clammy sweats, diarrhea or disposition to it, give  Camphor
and alternate with  Coffea if very restless, every half hour
a dose until better.   During convalescence,  China,  Mercu-
ry and  Sulphur are  frequently necessary.  (See "Materia
Medica" at end of book.)
   Diet and Regimen the same as under "Fevers."
   Congestive fever is a typhoid brain fever,  and is  treated
as already stated, with Aconite, Belladonna, Bryonia, Rhus,
 Opium, etc.
   The  contagious typhus is in nothing  different  from the
above,  only it is caused by contagion.   The attack occurs
but once in  a person's lifetime, and its course is marked
with greater severity. 
YELLOW  FEVER.
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  The Pseudo-typhus or bilious-rheumatic fever is composed
of the incipient symptoms of typhus, and has to be treated
accordingly, as stated above, with Bryonia and  Rhus, fol-
loAved by Sulphur, to prevent its running into real  typhus.
For the treatment of this form, however, compare Ipecac,
Pulsatilla, Ignatia, and Nux vom. in the " Materia Medica"
at the end of the book.
  The ship fever is a species of the contagious and abdom-
inal  typhus; treat accordingly; compare as in "Yellow
Fever."

                    Yellow Fever.
  As I never had an opportunity to observe and treat this
malignant fever, I thought it advisable to insert here the
full article of Doctor Marcy on that subject, Avho had an
opportunity to peruse  the notes left by Doctor Taft, whose
success in the treatment  of yelloAV fever Avas  astonishing :
  This fever is exceedingly uncertain in  its course,  vio-
lence, and duration.  It may strike  its victim suddenly
prostrate,  overwhelming, in its severity, the Avhole  system,
and thus  preventing a single rally of the  circulatory ves-
sels ;  or it may advance mildly, differing but little  from an
ordinary attack  of remitting fever.  In some instances  it
bears a strong resemblance to the higher grades of bilious
feArer.  Much  depends upon the peculiar circumstances  of
the individual  attacked.  If he is recently from a temper-
ate climate, and unaccustomed to hot regions,  he will be
more  susceptible to the action of  the poison, than if he had
been  previously acclimated.
  Medical men have supposed that after a certain period  of
exposure, the system becomes so completely accustomed  to
the miasm, that it loses  all  susceptibility to its influence,
and in this manner the process of  acclimation is accom-
plished.   There is, doubtless, some  truth in  this idea, but 
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there are other causes which exercise quite as important an
influence in this  process.  Those persons Avho abandon a
temperate for a residence in a tropical climate, do so in that
physical  condition which the  requirements, habits, and re-
gimen of the former naturally generate.  In a previous
chapter we have seen that, in cold  regions, where the at-
mosphere is highly condensed, a large amount of animal
food is requisite to supply the system with sufficient carbon
and hydrogen to resist and neutralize the action of the in-
spired oxygen.  With these habits,  appropriate only where
a condensed  atmosphere is respired, individuals seek  the
tropics, with  bodies  abounding in carbon, and continuing,
in most instances, their accustomed  regimen of animal food
and stimulants, thus burdening their systems with an amount
of the elements of nutrition  far greater than the oxygen
contained in the rarefied air Avhich they inhale can decom-
pose.
  It is probable, therefore, that one of the  chief predis-
posing causes of yellow fever, is the presence of a greater
amount of carbon in the system than the inspired air can
properly  act  upon.  The exact equilibrium  between  the
supply of the elements of the food and the absorbed oxy-
gen is disturbed;  the carbon predominates, and all of those
derangements which proceed from a superabundance of this
agent, necessarily ensue.
  The inhabitants of tropical latitudes have comparatively
but little desire for animal food, but prefer farinaceous diet,
vegetables and fruits, in this manner naturally securing to
themselves a  due  proportion between the elements assimi-
lated and the oxygen absorbed;  while the inhabitants of
the north find it necessary to consume large  quantities of
meat and other articles abounding in the elements of nutri-
tion,  in  order  to preserve  a healthy  equilibrium.   We,
therefore, most strongly urge it  upon those  who remove 
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from cold to hot climates, to adapt their systems by appro-
priate regimen and strict temperance in all things, for the
change, and we  confidently predict that they Avill enjoy as
great an immunity from this dreadful scourge as the natives
themselves.
  Diagnosis. — The premonitory  symptoms of yellow fe-
ver are giddiness, Avandering pains in the back and limbs,
slight chills, nausea, and frequent  sensations of faintness.
  After these symptoms have  continued a few hours, a de-
cided reaction occurs ;  the  circulation becomes excited, the
face flushed, the eyes red; there are violent pains in the
head, back, loins, and extremeties ; distress of stomach, and
vomiting of acid bilious matters;  the surface becomes dry
and burning hot; mouth and throat dry, with intense thirst,
and sometimes delirium.
   The  duration of this paroxism is usually about tAventy-
four hours, although occasionally it continues  two or three
days, after which there is a remission of all the symptoms,
except  a distressed sensation in the stomach, with nausea
and vomiting.  The patient remains in this  state with a
considerable degree of  comfort for a few hours, when there
is a recurrence of many of the  former symptoms in an ag-
gravated form.  The stomach noAv becomes extremely pain-
ful and sensitive ;  vomiting is  A'iolent  and incessant; the
fluids ejected are of a  darker color; the skin  and eyes ac-
quire a yelloAv tinge, and the  mind becomes confused and
wandering.
   The  duration of this second stage varies from twelve to
forty-eight hours, Avith sometimes slight remissions toward
the termination of the paroxism,  when the  third or last
 stage sets  in.  This stage  is characterized by  the complete
 development of the dreaded " black vomit."  At this period,
 the powers of the system all sink rapidly ; the pulse flags,
 and perhaps intermits ; the tongue becomes dry, black and
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 shrivelled; the breathing irregular and laborious ; cramps
 seize the calves  of  the  legs and the bowels ;  the  Avhole
 countenance loses its natural, life-like expression ; the ex-
 tremities become  cold; colliquative sweats, diarrhea, hem-
 orrhages, and loss of intellect occur, and, finally,  dissolution
 ends the scene.
   This is only a brief outline of the more ordinary symp-
 toms and course of the malady, and will, we trust, serve to
 aid the inexperienced practitioner in his diagnosis.   Each
 case, hoAvever,  must necessarily present modifications  ac-
 cording  to  the  predisposition, habits, and  pecular circum-
 stances of the individual attacked.
   Causes.—When animal and vegetable  matters are sub-
 mitted,  for a  considerable  length of time, to  the  daily
 influence of intense  solar heat, and  a certain  amount of
 moisture in the crowded and filthy streets of cities, or other
 confined places, a miasm is generated, Avhich, under favor-
 able  circumstances, will  cause  yellow fever.  Concerning
 the nature  of this miasm we know nothing; but it is evi-
 dent  that  the  continued high  degree of  temperature  to
 which these substances are exposed, and  the  confinement
 of their  noxious emanations within the walls of crowded
 cities, develop a more virulent morbific agent than is the
 case when the same matters are exposed in the open coun-
 try, or to a more  irregular and  less intense heat, such  as
 usually occurs in more temperate localities.
  There  are several  other causes  which  act as powerful
 predisposing influences, one of the most important  of which,
 as before mentioned, is the too free use of animal food and
stimulants.  We may also  include in this category, irregu-
ular habits, mental anxiety, depression of spirits, fear, grief,
exposure to night  air or to  a burning sun, and, indeed!
Avhatever else tends to debilitate the organism.
  Treatment.—The remedies most commonly applicable in 
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the treatment of this affection are, Ipecac, Belladonna, Bry-
onia,  Rhus,  Arsenic, and Aconite.   The other medicines
likely to prove serviceable are, Nux vom., Mercurius,  Ver-
atrum, China,  Sulphur, Cantharides, Carbo veg.,  and La-
chesis.  The late and much lamented Doctor Taft, of New
Orleans, was eminently successful in his treatment  of the
yellow fever as it occurred in that city.  Sometime since,
we had the pleasure  of perusing a letter from a highly in-
telligent gentlemen of  New  Orleans, in which he  states,
that the success of Doctor Taft was so great in this malady
as  to attract the  marked attention of a large number of
citizens ; and the writer expresses  a deliberate opinion, that
a new and favorable era would soon have occurred in the
management of this  formidable affection, if the able and
accomplished Taft had  survived.  The remedies which this
physician found most successful, and upon which he  chiefly
relied, were Aconite, Ipecac, Belladonna and  Bryonia,  in
tha first, and sometimes second stages ;  in the second and
third stages, in addition to the aboAre, Rhus tox., Arsenic,
 Veratrum, Cantharides, Carbo veg., Nux vom.   These med-
icines were usually employed at the first attenuation, and
frequently repeated, either singly  or in  alternation,  as the
circumstances of each case appeared to  require.
   When the first symptoms  declare themselves,  as dizzi-
ness, slight chills, pains in the back and limbs, uneasy sen-
sations  at  the  epigastrium,  with nausea,  Aromiting, and
sensation  of faintness,  Ipecac,  at  the third  attenuation,
should  be immediately exhibited.   This remedy may also
be found serviceable during the second  and third stages, in
alternation with  some  other  article.  Should the malady
continue to progress,  the following medicines should  be
considered, and, in proper cases, promptly administered.
   Belladonna.   GloAving redness and bloated appearance of
the face; eyes red and sparkling, or fixed, glistening, and 
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prominent; tongue loaded Avith whitish mucus, or yellow-
ish,  or brownish; pulse variable.   Dry burning  heat;
sharp,  darting  and shooting pains in the  head; violent
throbbings in the head ;  burning thirst;  painful heaviness
and cramp-like pains in the back, loins, and legs ; pressure,
cramp-like, and contractive  pains in the stomach ; inclina-
tion to vomit, or violent vomitings.  During the remission,
melancholy ; dejection ; when reaction comes on, great agi-
tation,  with continual tossing and anguish.
  Administration. — Belladonna is for the most part appli-
cable to the first stage of yellow fever.  Twelve globules in
half  a  teacupful of Avater, every tAvo  hours a teaspoonful,
until better or another remedy is needed.
  Bryonia.  Skin yellow ;  eyes red, or dull and glassy, or
sparkling and  filled Avith tears ; tongue  dry,  and loaded
with a white or yellow coating ; pulse rapid, and full, or
weak and rapid.   Severe pain and burning sensation in the
stomach; A^omiting,  particularly after  drinking;  burning
thirst;  pains in the back and limbs ; headache, aggravated
by movement;  eyes  painful on motion ;  sense of fulness
and oppression in the stomach and  intestines.  Anxiety,
Avith dread and apprehension respecting the future ; loss of
memory;  delirium.
  Administration same as Belladonna, or in alternation with
Rhus.
  Rhus.   Surface of a dirty yellow color ; eyes glazed and
sunken ;  tongue dry and black ; lips dry and brownish ;
pulse quick and small; loquacious delirium, or coma with
stertorous breathing ;  constant  moaning.   Distressing  pain
and burning in  the stomach ; nausea and vomiting ;  paral-
ysis  of the  lower extremities; spasms in  the abdomen;
Avant of  poAver  over  the abdominal muscles ;  colic ;  diar-
rhea ; difficulty in deglutition, and pain on SAvallowing.   In-
tellect dull and clouded ;  constant uneasiness ; delirium. 
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  Administration same as Belladonna.  (See Bryonia.)
  Arsenic.  Face  of a yellowish  or bluish  color; eyes
dull and sunken, with a dark mark  under them;  sclerotica
yellow; nose pointed ;  coldness of the body, with cold and
clammy sweat; lips and tongue  broAvn or black ; colliqua-
tive sweats ; pulse irregular, or quick, weak, small, and fre-
quent, or suppressed  and trembling.  Sense  of extreme
debility;  dull, throbbing, stunning,  or shooting pains in the
head ; burning or sharp and  darting in the  epigastrium, or
in the region of the liver ;  limbs feel stiff and useless ; fre-
quent evacuations, with tenesmus, or painless  and involun-
tary ;  oppression  at the  chest,  with rapid  and anxious
respiration;  cramps in the calves  of the legs;  great op-
pression at the stomach,  with violent vomiting, especially
after  drinking ; drawing and cramp-like  pains in the abdo-
men ;  sensation  as if a weight  was pressing  upon the
abdomen.  Indifference ;  weakness of memory ;  stupidity ;
delirium, with great flow of ideas; loss of consciousness
and of sense ;  raving.
   Administration. — Dissolve in water, as stated in Bella-
donna.  In urgent  cases, a  teaspoonful  may  be exhibited
every half hour, until some change is produced in the symp-
toms.  In less dangerous instances, the intervals of  admin-
istration  may be lengthened as circumstances  require.
   Aconite.   Suitable in the  first and second  stages, when
there are burning and dry skin ; red cheeks ;  full and rapid
pulse ; red and  sensitive eyes; tongue  natural or covered
with  a whitish slimy coat; lips and mouth dry ; vomiting
of mucus and bile ; urine dark  red.  Violent febrile reac-
tion ; sensation of intense heat; great thirst; acute pains
 in the temples, forehead,  or on the  side of the head; ver-
 tigo on rising, eyes weak and sensitive to light;  pains and
 soreness  in the back and limbs ; nausea; general  sense of
 debility ; great heat and  irritability of the stomach; short 
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and anxious respiration.   When  the  fever is on, great an-
guish, anxiety, and restlessness ;  for the most part nightly
delirium.
  Administration.  Dissolve in Avater  as above.   Aconite
and Belladonna may sometimes be alternated Avith benefit
in the first period of the disease.
  In a majority of cases, a few doses of this remedy will
be found indispensable, during the first  reaction.
  Nux vomica.  Skin yellow ; face pale or yellowish, espe-
cially round the nose and mouth; lower part of the scler-
otica yellow ; eyes inflamed with redness of the conjunctiva ;
eyes surrounded Avith a dark circle and full of tears ; tongue
Avith a thick  white or yellow fur,  or dry, cracked,  and
brown, with red edges ;  pulse variable.   Burning pains in
the stomach;  pressure or cramp-like pains in the epigas-
trium; vomiting of acid, bilious, or mucous matters; frequent
and violent  hiccough ; eyes  sensitive to light;  vertigo, or
pains in the head ; tremors of the  limbs, cramps in differ-
ent parts ; thirst for beer, brandy, or some stimulant; con-
traction of  the abdominal  muscles; loose discharges of
slimy or bilious  matters or blood;  burning pains at the
neck of the bladder, with difficulty in urinating ;  coldness,
paralysis, and cramps in the  legs; feet benumbed  and
cramped.   Excessive  anxiety, uneasiness,  fear of death;
despair, or loss of consciousness and  delirium, with moan-
ing or muttering.
  Administration same as Belladonna.
  Mercurius.   Yellow color of the  skin; eyes red,  blood
vessels of sclerotica injected ; eyes sensitive to light; par-
alysis  of one  or  more limbs; tongue Avith moist, thick,
white fur, or dry and brown mucus ;  faeces Arariable ; pulse
irregular, or quick, strong,  and intermittent, or weak and
trembling.  Excessive inclination to sleep, or restlessness
from nervous  irritation ;  sense of fatigue and debility; ra- 
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pid loss of strength ;  dizziness, or violent pain in the head ;
violent convulsive vomiting of  mucus and bilious  matters ;
burning pain and tenderness of the stomach ; constipation,
or diarrhea with discharges of mucus, bile, or blood ;  cold-
ness of the arms  and legs, Avith cramps;  excitability and
sensibility of all the organs.  Anguish and agitation ; weak-
ness of memory ;  apprehensions ; discouragement; morose-
ness; raving.
   Administration same as Belladonna.
   Veratrum alb.   Face of  a  yellovvish or bluish color, cold
and covered Avith cold perspiration; eyes dull,  clouded,
yellowish and  watery; lips  and tongue dry,  brown, and
cracked; hiccough ;  coldness of the hands and feet; tremb-
ling and cramps of the feet, hands, and legs; evacuations
loose, blackish or yelloAvish ;  pulse slow and almost extinct,
or  small, quick, and  intermittent.   General prostration of
strength ; confusion of head, or vertigo ;  deafness ; difficult
deglutition; intense  thirst; violent A'omiting of green bile
and mucus, or  black bile and blood ; burning in the  stom-
ach ; great exhaustion; cramps in  the stomach, abdomen,
and limbs; diarrhea.  Timid,  despondent, restless,  loss
of sense ; coma or violent  delirium.
   Administration  same as  in Arsenic, and with it in alter-
nation.
   Sulphur.  Face pale, or yelloAvish ;  eyes  red, or yelloAV-
ish ; aphthae in the mouth ; tongue dry, rough, and reddish,
or  Avith  white  or broAvnish  coat; pulse hard,  quick, and
full; faeces whitish,  greenish, or brownish,  bloody or pur-
ulent.   Dizziness, or sharp pains in the head ;  itching and
burning  pains  in the  eyes;  roaring in  the ears; nausea,
Avith trembling and Aveakness; vomiting of bilious, acid,
bloody,  or blackish  matters;  pressure  and pain in  the
stomach ; pains in the back and loins.  Melancholy, sad,
timid,  undecided, wandering. 
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  Administration.   Dissolve  in  Avater  as  above;  every
four or six hours a teaspoonful.
  Cantharides is  sometimes  indicated  in the  third  stage
Avith complete insensibility, cramps in the abdominal muscles
and legs,  suppression  of urine, haemorrhages  from the
stomach and boAvels, and cold sweat on the hands and feet.
It may be employed in Avater dissolved, every half hour a
teaspoonful, until a decided impression is produced.
   Carbo veg. and Lachesis have both proved curative in the
third  stage of yellow fever, and should always receive due
attention in grave cases.

Intermittent Fever.   Fever  and  Ague.    Chills and
                         Fever.

                  (Febris intermittens.)

  The difference  between  remittent  and intermittent feArers
is very marked, and ought to be well understood.
  Remittent is a fever in Avhich the  symptoms continue
during the whole time of  the patient's sickness, only vary-
ing, from  time to time, in severity;  but never leaving the
patient entirely at any time.
  Intermittent, however, is a  fever, in which the symptoms,
at certain times, cease entirely, and  the patient feels  as if
entirely free from them, or Aveil.   Of this  latter class are
the chills and feArer, or fever and ague, Avhich  is caused
either by  a  certain miasma, generated in marshy countries,
or  follows other  diseases, acute as  well  as chronic ; for
instance,  inflammation  of the liver, indigestion, internal
obstructions, or peculiar constitutional tendency,  etc.
  Diagnosis. — The cold  stage  is  preceded  by languor,
yaAvning,  drowsy  headache, numbness of toes  and  fingers,
and blue nails.  Then coldness of the extremities is felt,
gradually increasing, and sometimes causing the patient to 
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shake and tremble, his teeth to chatter, and him to become
delirious.
  During this time, the pulse is Aveak and oppressed ;  his
thirst variable.  The cold stage lasts from twenty minutes
to three or four hours, and varies much in severity.
  The hot stage shows all the  symptoms characteristic of
an inflammatory attack : hot, dry skin ; thirst;  full, quick
pulse ; congestion of the head and, sometimes,  even delir-
ium.   Its intensity  and duration  are variable, the latter
being from two to six or eight hours.
   The sAveating stage indicates an abatement  of the fever,
although, frequently, there  are fever and perspiration at
the same time.
   Treatment. — Certain and  general rules for the treat-
 ment of this disease can not be given ; it depends too much
 upon  the  individual, and  exciting  causes, to make up its
 general  character.  But we will try to  be as practical on
 the subject as possible.
   Two or three attacks must have passed before Ave  can
 know, for a certainty, that we have to do with an intermit-
 tent.   These attacks will have been treated already, accord-
 ing to their appearance,  either  as bilious  rheumatic, or
 gastric feArers, whereby we may have used remedies bene-
 ficial in fever and ague.  But if this shows itself clearly as
 such,  adopt the following treatment:  First, Ipecac,  four
 doses (six glob, each), given  in regular  intervals between
 two attacks of fever, during which administer no medicine ;
 but, after it is over, give only one dose of Nux vomica  (six
 glob.)  If, then, the next attack is lighter, do not give any
 more medicine, as  the disease will disappear, the  attacks
 gradually  growing lighter and lighter.
   But if this general treatment does not succeed, select the
 specific remedy among the following, taking great care to
 find the one most similar to the symptoms of the disease.
        6* 
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FEVERS.
 For its application, I Avill here give general directions suit-
 able for every one.
   Having found the remedy, give three doses  of it (six
 glob,  each),  commencing  twelve hours  before the  next
 attack is expected, and giving a  dose once in four hours.
 During the attack, if its  symptoms of chilliness and fever
 are very severe, give, invariably, Aconite, in solution (eight
 globules in half a teacupful of water), every hour a tea-
 spoonful, until the attack is over.   If, then, the next attack
 is lighter, give no more medicine ; if not lighter, select for
 the  next attack another more suitable remedy.  In this
 Avay proceed  for ten or  fourteen days, trying to find the
 right horrweopathic remedy, before adopting  the method
 spoken of at the end of this  article, which subdues the fever,
 without, perhaps, eradicating it as safely as  the homoeopa-
 thic remedy would, if found.
   We will give, in the  following,  the principal remedies
 useful in domestic practice, leaving more complicated forms
 of the disease for the treatment of a homoeopathic  physi-
 cian, if one can be had.
   Arsenic.  For great debility, disposition to vomit,  or vio-
 lent pains in the stomach; great anguish in the precordial
 region;  lameness of the extremities, or violent pains; im-
perfect  developement of chilliness  and heat, or both, alter-
 nately ;  drinking very often, but little at a time.  ( Compare
 China, Ipecac,  Veratrum.)
   China.  When, before  the fever, there is nausea or thirst,
 voracious appetite, headache, palpitation of the heart, thirst
 between the cold and hot  stages, or  after the hot stage,  or
 during the perspiration ;  cold and heat alternately ; no thirst
 during the heat; great debility ; uneasy sleep ; yellow  com-
plexion.   (Compare with Arsenic and Lachesis.)
   Natrum mur.  Violent headache during  the  heat,  with
 obscuration of sight;  pains in  the  bones, yelloAvish  com- 
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plexion;  fever-blisters on the lips  and ulcerated corners of
the mouth; thirst during the  chills, more during the heat;
sensitiveness at the pit of the stomach;  bitter taste ;  no
appetite.   (Compare with Ignatia, Arsenic.)
  Ignatia.  Thirst only during the chill; gastric symptoms,
and  eruptions on the lips, as in Natrum mur.; external heat
moderates  the  chill; external heat, Avith  partial internal
shuddering.   (Compare with Carbo veg. and Natr. m.)
   Carbo veg.   Thirst only during the chill;  rheumatic pains
in teeth or limbs, before or during  the  attack ; nausea;
giddiness  during the heat;  chill  comes on in the evening
or at night; and, also, appropriate in damp or wet weather.
   Sabadilla.   When the attacks return almost at the same
hour, with chills of short duration ; then thirst followed by
heat.
   Ipecac.   Much shivering with but little heat, or the con-
trary ; increase of the shivering by external warmth (the  op-
posite of Ignat.) ; oppression at the pit of the stomach ; no
thirst, or but little,  during  the chill; violent  thirst  during
the  heat;  nausea and  other gastric symptoms.  (Compare
 Nux vomica.)
   Nux vomica.  External heat or internal chill, or vice versa ;
 constant desire to be covered, even during the heat; rheu-
 matic pains in the  sides, abdomen, and limbs; during the
 heat, headache, buzzing in the ears, heat in head and face,
 Avith redness of the cheeks, and thirst.  ( Compare Ipecac.)
   Pulsatilla.   Gastric symptoms; chills, heat, and at  the
 same  time in the afternoon and  evening (compare Saba-
 dilla) ;  at intervals the patient feels  very chilly.  It is
 very suitable when a disordered stomach has caused a re-
 lapse, or after Lachesis.
   Lachesis.  Chills after a meal or in  the afternoon, with
 pains in the limbs  and breast;  violent  headache during the
 hot stage, with delirium, burning thirst, restlessness, internal 
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shuddering ; debility ; livdd complexion during the intervals
and when the fever returns easily after eating sour things.
   Veratrum.   External chill and cold sweat, or internal
heat Avith dark red urine ;  delirium and  red face, or chills
with thirst and nausea ; or, vomiting and diarrhea during
the heat or in the beginning of the cold stage.
  We will now  give  some general indications  and the
names of the medicines only.   The symptoms may be ex-
amined in the Materia  Medica,  at the end of the book, and
then the choice made accordingly.
  For marsh-intermittent fevers: China,  Arsenic,  Ipecac,
 Carbo veg.
  For fevers prevailing in damp and cold seasons: Carbo
veg., Rhus, Sulphur, China, Pulsatilla, Lachesis, Veratrum.
  For mismanaged fevers, by large doses of Quinine : Pul-
satilla, Arsenic, Natrum mur., Lachesis.
  For daily fevers : Arsenic,  Bryonia,  Carbo veg.,  China,
Ignatia, Ipecac, Lachesis,  Natrum mur., Nux vomica, Pul-
satilla, Rhus, Veratrum.
  For tertian,  or  eA-ery-other-day  fevers :  Arsenic,  Carbo
veg.,  China, Ipecac, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Rhus.
  For quartan, or every-fourth-day fever : Arsenic, Pulsa-
tilla,  Veratrum.
  When the  fever returns  yearly, give Lachesis, Carbo veg.,
or Arsenic.
  Having  tried to cure the intermittent  fever with these
remedies, for a fortnight, without success, and being unable
to procure a. homoeopathic physician, give  the patient the
following remedy :
   Take four or six grains of Quinine, mix with eighteen or
twenty grains of loaf  sugar, and triturate thoroughly, in a
clean mortar, for  half an  hour; make six powders of it,
and  give, twelve or eighteen  hours  previous to the next
attack, one powder ; and, afterward, every  two hours one, 
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until  all  are  given.   Give,  then,  a similarly  prepared
powder one hour before the next chill  is expected to come
on, for  at  least a week, and, afterward, continue to give
such a poAvder every seventh day, in the evening, for thir-
teen weeks after the last chill.   If the  fever returns (Avhich
it seldom does), use Pulsatilla,  Arsenic, and Natrum mur.
   N.B. If the disease is complicated with bilious rheumatic
symptoms, see this article in Index.
   Diet and Regimen, as generally in fevers.  (See " Com-
mon Fever," page 87.) 
                CHAPTER   V.


     AFFECTIONS  OF  THE  MIND.


  Sudden  emotions are often folloAved  by fatal  conse-
quences, either immediately or soon  after, and it is not well
to neglect  them, particularly in  children  and delicate
women.
  We  will give, in the following remarks,  the  most fre-
quent emotions, with the principal remedies, Avhose symp-
toms are detailed below, and which must be compared with
the patient's symptoms before a choice is made.
  Administration —All of the following remedies, if se-
lected in a case,  should be prepared and given as follows :
Dissolve twelve globules of the remedy in half a teacupful
of water, and give, every half hour, a teaspoonful, until
three or four are given, or until better ;  if not better after
giving three or four doses, select another remedy, and give
it in the same manner.   As soon as the patient feels  better,
give the medicine at longer intervals.
  For the consequences offright and fear :  Opium, Aconite,
    Belladonna, Ignatia, Pulsatilla, Mercury.
  Excessive joy :  Coffea, Opium, Pulsatilla,  Aconite.
  Grief:  Ignatia, Phosphor, ac, Staphysag., Colocynth.
  Home sickness : Phosph. ac, Mercury, Capsicum,  Staph.
  Unhappy love :  Hyoscyamus, Ignatia, Phosphor, ac.
  Jealousy : Hyoscyamus, Lachesis, Nux vomica.
  Mortification and insult: Belladonna, Ignatia, Platina,
    Colocynth, Staphysag., Pulsatilla. 
AFFECTIONS OF THE MIND.             1 1 1
  Contradiction and chagrin :  Chamomile, Bryonia, Ignatia,
Colocynth, Aconite, Nux vomica, Platina, Staphysag.
  If accompanied with indignation :  Colocynth, Staphysag.
  Violent anger :  Aconite, Nux vomica, Chamomile, Bryonia,
Phosphorus.
  Symptomatic Detail. — Aconite.   Headache,  with con-
gestion to the head ; constant fear, especially in children ;
or when  Opium has  not been given at once for fright.
  Belladonna.  Loss of consciousness, or constant anxiety,
Avith weeping,  fear,  crying with malice, particularly in chil-
dren ; also, when Opium and Aconite have been insufficient
for  fright.
  Capsicum.   For sleeplessness from home sickness, with
heat and redness of the cheeks.
  Chamomile.  For  the following consequences  of anger :
bitter taste in the mouth,  nausea, vomiting of bilious mat-
ter, cutting colic, pressure in the stomach,  headache,  fever,
thirst,  restlessness,  asthma,  suffocating fits;  in children,
convulsions or gastric derangement after eating or drinking,
shortly after  an angry  fit.
  Bryonia.   Chilliness and  shuddering  over  the  whole
body;  vehement anger ;  loss of appetite;  nausea; vomit-
ing of bile.
  Coffea.  Nervousness from great joy, with trembling and
faintness, especially  in females and children.
  Colocynth. From chagrin or mortification — colic, cramps
in the stomach, nausea, bitter vomiting, sleeplessness.
  Hyoscyamus.  From fear — stupefaction  and apathy, in-
ability to swallow, convulsions, sudden starts or  inArolun-
tary laughing during sleep, desire to escape ;  and, also,
  From   unhappy  love—jealousy, restlessness,  running
about.
  Ignatia.  From fright,  mortification, chagrin, grief, espe-
cially after losing a  friend — irresistible  grief, headache, 
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 vertigo, vomiting, gastric symptoms or  even convulsions,
 especially in children from fright, or from unhappy love.
   Mercury.  From fright, mortification, or home-sickness —
 as  great   anguish,  trembling,  and restlessness;  sudden
 starting from sleep ;  congestion  of blood on the least mo-
 tion ; sleeplessness ;  can not bear the Avarmth  of the bed ;
 nervousness ; quarrelsome mood ;  complains of every body,
 even one's own family ; constant shivering ; night-sweats.
  Nux vomica.  From  anger — particularly after having
 eaten or drank something, or  after Chamomile or Bryonia
 has been given Avithout effect.
   Opium.   From  joy or fear, to be given immediately —
 loss  of consciousness;  perspiration about  the head, Avith
 coldness  of the rest  of the body ;  congestion to the head ;
 involuntary diarrhea; snoring-like breathing ; faintingfits;
 spasms ; epileptic fits, with spasmodical rigidity of the whole
 body.
  Phosphoric acid.   From deep  grief, unhappy love, home-
 sickness, or in any  case where  Ignatia is not  sufficient,
 particularly when the patient is dull and listless—when
 the hair falls out, or  turns gray ;  hectic fever, with profuse
 sweats ; sleepy in the morning.
  Platina.   From anger and mortification — as indifference,
 sadness, and laughter; pride, Avith contempt  for others;
 great anguish and dread of death.
  Pulsatilla.  From  fear — diarrhea, with heat in the ab-
 domen.
  From anger — in persons of a  bland disposition, or when
 Chamomile is not sufficient.
  Staphysagria. From anger or indignation and ill humor —
the patient  pushes violently away Avhatever  is near him;
restlessness ;  fear ; also,
  From deep grief, as sadness, Avith a disposition  to take
 everything wrong—dread of the  future; sleepy in day- 
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time and sleepless at night; falling off of the  hair;  feeble
and faint voice ; hypochondriac mood.

             Hypochondria.   Melancholia.
   Hypochondria is a form of diseased mind, which depends
mostly on obstructions in the  abdomen, and may be  cured,
if, beside taking the medicines, the patient keeps the general
homoeopathic diet, and pays attention to the hygienic  and
hydropathic rules.
   Nux vom.   Ill humor ; aversion to life ; disposition to ve-
hemence; disinclination to mental labor ; unrefreshing sleep ;
feels worse in the morning; dullness of the head, with ach-
ing  pains, or  sensations as if a pin were sticking  in the
brain ; aversion to the open air; constant desire to lie down ;
great exhaustion after walking; painful distention  in the
hypochondria and stomach ; constipation of the bowels ; dis-
position to, or presence  of the piles (hemorrhoids.)  Sul-
phur folloAvs well after Nux vom.
   Sulphur.  LoAvness  of spirits;  solicitude  about one's
affairs,  health, salvation; fixed ideas;  anxious impatience ;
restlessness ; vehement disposition ; bodily and mental indo-
lence ; absence of mind;  can not  think; exhaustion after
mental  labor; fullness and pressure in the stomach ;  con-
stipation;  feels  very  unhappy.  (Calcarea carb.  follows
well after Sulphur.)
   Calcarea carb.   Lowness of spirits, with disposition  to
weep ; anxiety, with congestion or palpitation of the heart;
despair about  one's health;  apprehension  of illness, mis-
fortune, infectious diseases, insanity, etc.; dread of  death ;
can not think, or perform any mental  labor.  (Natrum  m.
folloAvs well after Calcarea carb.)
   Natrum mur.  LoAvness of spirits; Aveeping and lamenting
about the  future; desire to be alone;  aversion  to life ;  ill
humor;  disposition to vehemence ; can not perform  mental 
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labor;  headache, with Avant of appetite;  indigestion  after
eating.
  Administration.—If one of the  above remedies is cho-
sen, give every third evening a dose (six glob.), until four
or six doses are taken ; then discontinue for the same length
of time ;  giving aftez-ward the next best remedy in the same
manner ;  and so on, until better.

                     Melancholia.
  A state of mind similar  to the former, but more deeply
seated, with  derangement  of the system, often requiring
skillful medical aid.   However,  try in addition to the  rem-
edies  indicated under "Hypochondria," Lachesis, Bella-
donna, Ignatia, and  Pulsatilla.   (See " Materia Medica"
at the end of the book.") 
CHAPTER  VI.
       AFFECTIONS  OF  THE  HEAD.


1.   Congestion,  or Determination  of  Blood  to  the
                        Head.
                 ( Congestio ad caput.)
  Some persons have a predisposition to this disease ;  oth-
ers acquire it by wrong habits, such as the use of spiritous
liquors, leading  a  sedentary life, or by intense  mental ap-
plication.   It becomes  dangerous by long continuance, in
which  case  the  patient ought  to put himself  under the
charge of a homoeopathic physician.
  For the single attacks, we will give the remedies below.
  Diagnosis.—In such an attack, the  beating of the arte-
ies of the head is felt by the patient, the veins of the neck
are swelled, the head feels full and heavy, and giddiness
ensues, particularly Avhen stooping,  exercising,  or walking
in the sun, and when turning round suddenly.   The  head
aches mostly above the eyes ; increased by stooping, cough-
ing ; sleep is unrefreshing ;  drowsy.
  Treatment.—In general, the patient ought  to  abstain
from heating or ardent drinks, such as coffee, liquors, and
tea; but drink cold water freely, and wash or bathe in it.
Every evening take a cold foot-bath up to the ankles,  rub-
bing the feet briskly after it.   Never alloAv bleeding,  as it
Avould  only increase the disposition afterward, without tak- 
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ing away the present attack sooner than the following rem-
edies Avill do, if properly applied.
   The principal circumstances, under which congestion to
the head takes place, and their remedies, are :
   From great joy :  Coffea,  Opium.
   From fright or fear :   Opium.
   From anger, violent:  Chamomile, Bryonia, Nux vom.
   From anger, suppressed : Ignatia.
   From a fall or blow, causing concussions : Arnica.
   From loss of blood or fluids :  China.
   From a cold:  Dulcamara, Bryonia, Rhus tox.
   From constipation : Opium, Nux vom., Bryonia.
   From drinking liquors  : Nux vom., Opium.
   From sedentary habits : Nux vom.,  Aconite.
   At the critical periods of girls, or
   From the stoppage of menstruation : Pulsatilla, Aconite,
Belladonna, Bryonia,  Veratrum.
   From dentition in children:  Aconite, Coffea, Belladonna,
Chamomile.
   Before giving one  of  the above remedies, examine the
symptoms,  as detailed below.
   Aconite is the  first remedy to be given, if the head aches
A'iolently above the eyes, as if it would burst,  particularly
Avhen stooping or coughing, or when it is caused  by fright
or anger, especially in children.   (See " Affections of the
Mind.")
   Administration the same as in "Affections of the Mind,"
page 110.
   Belladonna.  After Aconite, if necessary, or in alternation
Avith it, if the congestive symptoms are more on one side of
the head, and particularly the right; or if there is violent
pressure  in the  forehead, increased by  motion,  stoopino-,
noise, or the glare of  light;  darkness  before the  eyes;
buzzing in the ears.  Administration the same as Aconite. 
CONGESTION OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD.       117
  N. B.  Belladonna and Aconite for young girls at the crit-
ical age.  (See Pulsatilla.)
   Opium.   First  remedy,  if  occasioned by fright (see
"Affections of the  Mind" under Opium), or in those  se-
rious  cases  of  sudden congestion which occur in summer
from a draught of cold water when heated, with the follow-
ing symptoms :  vertigo ;  buzzing in the ears ; stupor, with
sweat pouring off  the head ; pulse full and heavy, or quick
and weak.
  Also, in those cases Avhich arise from  extreme  constipa-
tion when the patient  has no desire for stool (Nux vom. in
constipation, with ineffectual effort to evacuate the bowels),
Avith red  and bloated face; dry mouth;  wandering look;
if, with  acid regurgitations, nausea, and vomiting, alter-
nate with Nux vom.;  the same,  also, Avhen  from debauch.
Administration the same as Aconite.
   Coffea.  In cases of congestion caused by excessive joy,
or in children when teething; sleeplessness, and  agitation;
sometimes in  alternation with  Belladonna or Opium;  ad-
minister  same as Aconite.
   Chamomile.   Congestion  caused by angry passion, par-
ticularly in  children when  teething;  folloAved by Bryonia
or Nux vom., if necessary.  Administer the  same as above.
   Ignatia.  Congestion  from suppressed anger,  or grief
Administer  same as above.
   Arnica.   By a fall  on the head or other parts ; conges-
tions of the head take place either by actual concussion, or
by fright and fear occasioned by a fall.  In both cases, Arni-
ca, externally applied  (twelve  drops of the tincture in half
a teacupful  of water), in Avet bandages; and internally, as
stated above under Aconite.
   Also, in cases where there is heat in the head, with chilli-
ness of the  other parts ; dull pressure in the brain ; buzzing 
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AFFECTIONS OF  THE HEAD.
in the ears, and vertigo;  obstruction of sight, especially
Avhen rising from lying doAvn.  Administer same as Aconite.
  Nux vom.   Congestion from  sedentary habits;  intense
study, or drinking spirituous liquors;  also  from  violent
anger  (see  Chamomile and Bryonia), Avhen there is ner-
vousness, with painful feeling in the head when walking or
moving; pressure in the temples ;  dim eyes, with desire to
close  them without being  able to sleep;  the symptoms
Avorse  in the morning, in  the  open  air, or  after a meal;
bowels  constipated, with  ineffectual  desire  to evacuate.
Administer as above.
  N. B. In  cases  where Nux vom. does not give  perfect
relief,  in persons  fond of  liquors, Opium,  Calcarea  carb.,
and Sulphur, at intervals of four or six days, one dose (six
glob.), are necessary.   (See "Delirium  Tremens.")
  Pulsatilla.  Congestion  at the  critical period of young
girls,  or in phlegmatic temperaments, when there  are dis-
tressing pressure and pain on one side  (particularly  the
left) of the head ;  relieved in the open air, or from  binding
the head; whining mood ;  anxiety ;  shivering; pale face,
with vertigo.   Administer  same as Aconite.
  Mercury.   Congestion  with  sensation  of fullness,  or
as if the head were compressed by  a band; relieved by the
pressure of the two hands around the head; worse at night;
disposition to  perspire—is often suitable after Belladonna
and Opium.  Administer same Aconite.
  Dulcamara.—Congestion from the least cold ; wet feet,
particularly when  there is continual buzzing in the  ears,
with dullness of hearing.   Administer same as Aconite.
  China.   Congestion after loss of fluids, as blood-letting,
or hemorrhage; Avhen there is beating  in the  head, with
palpitation  of the  heart,  and dimness of  sight; heavy
breathing when lying with  the head low ; followed, in such 
VERTIGO.
119
cases, by Calcarea carb. and Veratrum.  Administer  same
as Aconite.
   Bryonia.   Painful  pressure in the temples, or sensation
as if everything would fall out of the forehead when stoop-
ing ; nose bleeds without  relief; constipation.   If in wet
Aveather, alternate  with  Rhus.   Administer every two or
three hours a dose  (four glob.), until  three doses of each
are given, or till better.
   Rhus  tox.  Congestion  with  burning, throbbing pains,
and fullness in  the head;  rheumatic  pains in the limbs;
worse after eating.   (See Bryonia.)  Administer as -Bry-
onia.
   Diet and Regimen. —The diet ought to be light, farina-
ceous ;  no meat or broths, except in cases where loss of
blood or fluids has preceeded the congestion.
   In the habitual form of  congestion, early rising and daily
exercise in the open air, bathing or sponging in cold water,
are recommended.

         2.  Vertigo.   Giddiness  or Dizziness.
   It arises either  from disordered stomach,  irritation of
the brain  and congestion to the head, or from suppressed
eruptions,  or ulcers ;  also from  riding in a carriage.
   In most cases it  accompanies severe  disorders of the
brain and stomach, when it ought to  be treated  by an ex-
perienced homoeopathic physician.   Until such help can be
had, the following  remedies may be resorted to:
   Treatment. — Vertigo  from   disordered stomach:  Nux
vom., Arnica, Chamomile, Pulsatilla, Antimon. crud., China,
 Rhus,  Cocculus.
   Irritation of the brain, from excess of thinking, etc.: Nux
vom., Arnica, Belladonna, Chamomile, Hepar, Pulsatilla,
 Rhus.
    Suppressed ulcers and eruptions :  Calcarea carb., Sulphur, 
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AFFECTIONS OF  THE HEAD.
  Riding in a carriage:  Hepar sulph.,  Silicea,' Cocculus,
Petrol.
   Congestion of blood to the  brain:  Aconite, Bryonia, Ar-
nica,  Belladonna,  China,  Lachesis,  Mercury, Nux  vom.,
 Opium, Pulsatilla, Sulphur.
  Before giving one of the above remedies, if selected, read
its detailed symptoms below.
  Administration of these medicines.   Every two, three,
or four  hours,  one  dose (four  glob.)  until relieved, or
another remedy is necessary.   If in Arertigo, caused by con-
gestion  to the  head,  see " Administration," in this article.
  Aconite.  Vertigo on raising the head after lying down
or stooping, attended Avith nausea, Aomiting, dimness of
sight, loss of consciousness.
  Antimon.  crud.  Nausea and vomiting; aversion to food ;
disordered stomach ;  is folloAved well by  Pulsatilla.
  Arnica.   Vertigo from over-eating, or during meals, with
nausea, dimness of  sight, red face ; is  followed  well by
Nux vom., Chamomile, Rhus,  Lachesis.
  In  cases  of this kind,  frequently very  dangerous, seek
the advice of a homoeopathic physician.
  Nux vom.  Vertigo during  or after a meal, or Avhen walk-
ing in the open air; stooping, or thinking; worse in the
morning or evening,  in bed, when lying on  the  back, with
sensation as if turning around or falling; fainting ; loss of
consciousness.
   Opium.   From fright, with trembling ; stupor ;  dimness
of sight;  worse when rising  from bed, and obliged to lie
down again.
  Pulsatilla.  Vertigo when  looking  upward, or when  sit-
ting or stooping;  Averse in the evening, or after  a meal;
better in the open air.
  Rhus.  Vertigo when lying down  in  the evening, with
fear of falling or dying. 
WEAKNESS OF  MEMORY.              121
  Lachesis.   Vertigo on walking in the morning, with  ab-
sence of mind;  intoxicated feeling;  constipation; sensa-
tion as if the head were turning to the left side.
  Mercury.   Vertigo on arising in the morning, or in the
evening, with nausea;  dimness of sight;  or when raising
the head with a desire to lie down again.  (See Bryonia.)
  Bryonia.   Same as  Mercury, and with feeling of intoxi-
cation and congestion when stooping and rising again.
  Hepar sulph.   Vertigo from riding in a carriage.
   Cocculus.   Same  as Hepar sulph., if this is not sufficient.
  Petroleum.  Same as Cocculus, if  that is not sufficient.
   Silicea.   Same as Petroleum, if this is not sufficient, or
the vertigo seems to rise from the back to the nape of  the
neck, and thence to the head; worse in the morning and
dfter emotion.
   Sulphur.    Vertigo in the  morning,  or at night, when
ascending an eminence, or  after a meal;  after suppressed
ulcers and eruptions.
   China.  Vertigo, with fainting when raising the head.
(See " Congestion to the Head.")
   Calcarea  carb.  Same as Sulphur, and when with tremb-
ling  before  breakfast; coldness of the head;  congestion to
the head.
   Chamomile.  Vertigo in the morning or after eating, and
drinking coffee, with fainting turns.
   Diet and  Regimen  the same  as in " Congestion to the
Head."
               3.  Weakness of Memory.
   This diseased state of the brain is principally caused by
debilitating loss of fluids, such as  bleeding, purging, sexual
excesses, etc., for which give  China,  Nux vom., and Sul-
phur, every week one or two doses (six glob.), in  alterna-
tion, till better.
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 122            AFFECTIONS OF  THE HEAD.

   Sometimes  it is caused  by excess  of mental labor,  for
 which give Nux vom. and Sulphur, as above.
   If caused by external injuries, a fall or bloAV, give Arnica.
 (See " Congestion to the Head.")
   If by congestion to the head, give China, Mercury,  Rhus,
 and Sulphur.  (" See Congestion to the Head.")
   If by excessive use of spirituous liquors, give Nux vomica,
 Calcarea  carb, Lachesis,  Opium, Sulphur, in the same
manner as above, under " Debilitating Loss, etc."
   Diet and Regimen as in " Congestion to the Head."


              4.  Apoplexy.  (Apoplexia.)

   Short, thick-necked persons, of a full and fleshy growth,
are predisposed to this disease ; it is  also hastened  on by
the too free use of spiritous liquors, by  excesses of any kind,
and suppression of  the habitual perspiration of the feet.
An attack of  apoplexy is often preceded  by heaviness  and
fullness of the head  ; buzzing in the ears  ; dim eyes ; dull-
ness of hearing; sleepiness ;  indistinct speech; numbness
of limbs.   If this state  exists, particularly in  old persons,
or those predisposed to apoplexy, the greatest  care  should
be taken in the diet, which ought to consist only of simple
farinaceous and mucilaginous substances, and cool acidulated
drinks; they ought not to exercise very much, particularly
in the  heat of the day, and should take the following rem-
edies,  as it is easier to prevent an attack than to cure  it:
   Opium.  If in old people  there is unusual stupor ; buz-
zing in the ears ; obtuseness of hearing; redness of  the
face ; constipation ; pulse sIoav and full.   Give three times
a day a dose (four glob.), until better.
   Nux vomica.  In people of a sedentary habit, or addicted
to the  use of ardent  spirits, in alternation with Opium and
Lachesis,  particularly when, with the above  premonitory 
INFLAMMATION  of THE BRAIN.           123
symptoms, there is headache on the right side, Avith vertigo
and a nervous bilious temperament.
  Administration same as under Opium.
  Lachesis.   Same as Nux vom.; but particularly when the
left side of the head suffers, and lowness of spirits is con-
nected Avith it.  Administration same as  above.
   Belladonna and Aconite under the  same  circumstances
as stated under " Congestion to the Head."
   Arnica.   See the  same article under " Congestion to the
Head after  a Meal."  If an apoplectic fit ensues, however,
continue the  same remedies as indicated  above, only give
them in solution  (twelve globules to half a teacupful  of
Avater),  every  half hour a  teaspoonful  until better,  or
 another remedy is indicated.
   In such  cases  hasten  immediately to procure a homoeo-
 pathic physician.  Avoid bleeding under any circumstances;
 the chances of killing the patient by such an act  are too
 frequent.
   Diet and Regimen as in " Congestion to the Head."

             5.   Inflammation of the  Brain.
    The brain and its tAvo  coverings (see Anatomical Part)
 are  subject to inflammation  separately, the characteristic
 symptoms  of which show themselves,  particularly in the
 beginning of a brain  fever.   We will, therefore, give them
 separately, as it is  important, as  well as  interesting, to be
 able to distinguish  between  the  different localities of the
 disease.
    Diagnosis.  First  species, called meningitis, if the dura
 mater, the skin next to the skull, is inflamed.
    The acute meningitis  attacks a person suddenly,  exhibit-
 ing, immediately, stupor and drowsy symptoms ; the patient
 can not be raised easily, or keep  his head erect; it  inclines
 to fall on either side ; complains  of no pain, except vertigo 
124            AFFECTIONS OF THE HEAD.
and dizziness ;  reels when walking ;  pupil contracted ;  sen-
sitiveness to light, although the eyes  are  not red as  yet;
constipation; scanty, dark, red  urine ; fever, Avith a soft
pulse.
   N. B.  Old people are most liable to this species of in-
flammation of the brain;  also, those Avho have indulged too
much in the use of spiritous liquors, particularly after taking
cold.   It frequently precedes an apoplectic  fit.
   Second species.  Called  arachnoiditis,  if  the  covering
next to the brain is inflamed.   This species does not com-
mence  with stupor, and not Avithout pain, like the first spe-
cies, but with violent pains over the entire head ; increased
by paroxysms  of  congestion, with  violent  beating of the
arteries of the  neck and temples ; sleeplessness ;  low mut-
tering ; pulse quick ;  if stupor ensues suddenly, the patient
dies soon after.
   Third species.   Encephalitis vera, or inflammation of the
substance of the brain, in its various parts.
   It commences Avith violent congestion and pulsation of the
arteries on the  neck and head ; face red and bloated;  eyes
bloodshot and brilliant;  intense heat of the head,  and vio-
lent delirium.
   The patient  tosses  about,  screams,  and evinces great
muscular  strength and  sensitiveness  to light; pupil  con-
tracted ;  can not  hear  Avell.   The  deeper the interior  of
the brain is affected, the more  the  senses  are stupified,  so
that, in some cases, the patient can, finally, neither see nor
hear;  dry  skin;  violent thirst;  hard, full  pulse ; fever
accordingly ; frequent vomitings or  retchings.
   Treatment. — It is easily to be conceived that, in such a
violent disease, no layman Avould trust  his  own judgment,
except in cases of absolute necessity ; and, on this  account,
we give the following treatment of the  above three species
of brain fever, which  is the  same  as  regards the internal 
INFLAMMATION of  the brain.
125
remedies, and differs only in the external  applications, as
will be seen below.
  External   Applications. — First  species — cold-water
bandages.
  Second species—hot-water bandages.
  Third species — cold-water bandages, or pounded ice.
  Internal Treatment. — First species — Opium, Hyoscya-
mus,  Bryonia.  ~
   Second species — Aconite, Belladonna, Hyoscyamus.
   Third species — Aconite, Belladonna, Stramonium, Bryo-
nia, Hyoscyamus.
   Before giving the medicine selected, read the symptoms
presented below.
   Aconite is generally given first, when there is inflamma-
tory  fever, delirium, violent  burning pains  through the
whole brain,  particularly in  the forehead;  red face  and
eyes; hot and  dry  skin.  Six hours  after giving Aconite,
give  Belladonna, or continue the use  of Aconite in alterna-
tion with Belladonna, until better.
   Administration. — See "Affections of the Mind," under
Aconite.
   Belladonna.  This remedy is almost a specific in inflam-
mation of the brain, particularly when there is great heat of
the head, red  and bloated face, violent pulsation of the arte-
ries on the neck and temples ; burying the head in the pil-
low ; sensitiAreness to the slightest noise and light; burning
and  shooting pains  in  the head;  bloodshot  and brilliant
 eyes, with a Avild expression ;  contracted or dilated pupils ;
violent and furious delirium ; raving ;  loss of consciousness ;
sometimes low mutterings, convulsions, vomiting, violent
thirst.   Administer alone  or  in alternation with  Aconite
 (see  above), or  Avith  Stramonium and Hyoscyamus  (see
 below), to be given in solution as above in Aconite.
   Hyoscyamus.  Stupor, loss  of consciousness,  delirium; 
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AFFECTIONS of  the head.
sudden starting ; talks about his affairs ; inarticulate speech ;
singing, muttering, smiling, picking  the  bed clothes ;  skin
dry;  red face; desire to escape ;  involuntary  stool and
urine.
  Administration,  see Belladonna.
  Stramonium.  Red face ; staring look ; frightful visions ;
sleep natural, but Avith tAvitching, tossing about, and absence
of mind when awaking ; desire to escape, and screams.
  Administration same as Belladonna.
  Bryonia.   Constant stupor, with delirium ;  sudden start-
ing from sleep, screams, and cold  sweat  on the  forehead;
burning  and  shooting pains in  the   head, or stitches
through it.
  Administer as Belladonna.
   Opium.  Stupor, with heavy breathing ; eyes half open;
confusion and giddiness after waking ; complete listlessness
and  dullness of sense;  also, no  desire  for  anything,  or
complaining of anything.
  Administer same as Belladonna.
  Diet and Regimen as in " Common Fever."
  N. B.   As the brain of children  is very tender, its dis-
eases  must necessarily be more  dangerous and  frequent,
and we give, therefore,  in the  folloAving, a  more special
and somewhat modified treatment for inflammations of the
brain in children:
  If a  child's head is very hot, feet cold, skin dry and hot,
it sleeps with eyes half open, has scanty urine, Avith or with-
out vomiting  or diarrhea,  let the cause  of the disease be
Avhat it may, in such  a case  give  at once Belladonna and
Hellebor., in solution  (twelve globules in half a  teacupful
of water, each remedy in  a separate cup), every tAvo hours
a teaspoonful, alternately, until better, or until the  symp-
toms require  a  change of remedy, generally Sulphur  or
Mercury.  (See Materia Medica, at end of book.) 
sunstroke.                    127
   The above suggestion is important, as cases of inflamma-
tion  of the brain occur so often  among children, when, as
is said, the  disease  goes to the head.  For instance, in
teething; in common  cold, Avith  fever;  in scarlet  fever
(see this article) ;  or in other eruptions, when suppressed ;
also, worm fevers.
   If such a  state should continue in a child for some  time
dropsy of the brain  (see "Hydrocephalus") would speedily
ensue ;  the  above  treatment will  surely  prevent this,  if
applied in time.
   N. B.  If, at any time during the treatment of inflamma-
tion of the brain, the patient is  very restless  and sleepless,
Ave may give, Avith great advantage  and without injury to
the effect of the other medicines (which are discontinued
during that time),  Coffeac0' and Belladonna cc;  alternately,
every hour a dose (four glob.),  until better.  This may be
done often in the night.

                     6.  Sunstroke
   Is a species of inflammation of the brain, which requires
the folloAving
   Treatment. — Camphor.  Let it be put  on the patient's
tongue, at intervals of five or ten minutes, if he is sweating
profusely Avhile  unconscious, and breathing heavily.
   Belladonna, after  Camphor has  been given,  in alterna-
tion Avith
   Lachesis, every half hour, in  solution (tAvelve  globules
of each in separate teacups half full of water), a teaspoonful
at a time.
   Externally, Avash  the  head and face occasionally with
brandy, and giAre, internally, small quantities  of brandy
until the patient revives.  Put neither cold water nor ice
on the head. 
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                     7.   Headache.
   This disease, so frequent and  troublesome, requires to
 be treated with particular minuteness; the more so, as its
 treatment falls almost entirely within the legitimate sphere
 of domestic practice, except Avhere headaches are the con-
 comitant symptoms of severe fevers, as in the typhus, etc.;
 or the forerunner of dangerous attacks, as in apoplexy, etc.;
 in which cases, the respective articles must be consulted.
   Administration of Medicine in Headache. — For  this
 purpose, we divide all headaches into habitual and  accidental.
 This  requires tAvo modes of administering the  medicine :
 one for the cure of the  present  attack, if it be accidental,
 or one of the habitual attacks ;  and the other, for the eradi-
 cation of the habitual headache, or the predisposition to it.
   First.  Administration of medicine for an attack. — Hav-
 ing selected a remedy (from those stated below), dissolve
 of it six globules in three tablespoonfuls of water, and take,
 according to the severity of the headache, from half an hour
 to two,  three,  or six  hours, a teaspoonful, until  three  are
 taken, when its benefits  must be  apparent.   If beneficial,
 continue with the same, only at much longer intervals, as
 long  as necessary.   If not beneficial, select carefully  an-
 other remedy, and prepare and take in the same  manner.
   Secondly.  Aministration of medicine for eradicating the
 disposition to certain kinds of headache ; for instance, sick-
headache.— Having  selected a remedy, take of it, every
third  or sixth evening, a dose (four glob.), until four or six
doses are  taken;  when  the  next  best remedy  has to  be
 taken in the same  manner, or until better.

   a.  Headache from Congestion of  Blood to  the Head.
   Aconite.   Violent  throbbing ; heaviness ; fullness in  the
forehead and temples, Avith a sensation as if the head would 
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129
burst; burning pain through the whole brain ;  red, bloated
face, and red eyes ;  sensitiveness to light and noise ;  worse
on moving, talking, drinking, rising up; full and  quick
pulse.   After it, or in alternation with it, Belladonna may
be given, if necessary.  (See " Congestion of  Blood to the
Head.")
   Belladonna.   Violent aching pain, as if the head would
split, or as if the brain would protrude through the fore-
head ; heat in the head and coldness of the feet; undula-
ting feeling, as of water in the forehead; violent throbbing
of the  arteries  of the neck and temples ; delirium, either
with red,  bloated face, bloodshot  eyes, great  sensitiveness
to light, noise, and touch, or vertigo and deeply-seated, vio-
lent pressing pains,  with pale face, drowsy unconsciousness,
 (compare, in such a case, article on "Apoplexy") ; worse
 on moving the  eyes, or raising or moving the head.   In
 alternation with Aconite or  Rhus, if the  symptoms agree.
 (See Aconite and Rhus.)
   Bryonia.   Distending pressure  from Avithin, particularly
 through the  forehead, on stooping or moving, Avith violent
 beating or single stitches in the head;  desire to lie down;
 constipation of  the  bowels ; bleeding at the nose.   Before
 it, Belladonna frequently suits ;  after it, Rhus.  (See these
 remedies.)
    Rhus.  Fullness of the head, with burning and throbbing
 pain ;  oppressive Aveight in the back part of the head, with
 a  sensation as  if a  fluid  was  rolling inside ; a feeling of
 looseness, particularly in  wet weather.  In  alternation with
 Belladonna or Bryonia.
   Pulsatilla. Oppressive, dull pains on one side of the head,
 commencing in front at  the root of the nose, and going
 back, or  vice versa;  better  in the open air, or by  compress-
 ing the head, or lying  doAvn ;  worse  toward evening,  or
 when  sitting or looking upward;  pale face, agitated mind, 
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AFFECTIONS OF  THE HEAD.
 inclined to weep.   It  suits females and persons  of a  mild
 character, and lymphatic temperament.
   Nux vomica.   The opposite of the former.   Pains ; worse
 in the morning and in the open air ;  heaviness of the head,
 especially when moving the eyes or thinking ; a sensation as
 if the skull would split; contusive pain in  the  brain, worse
 when stooping  or in motion;  constipation, with rush  of
 blood to the head; irritable, rash, or lively temperament,
 full habit, and for persons of sedentary habits, or Avho use
 coffee and ardent spirits  freely.   ( Compare Bryonia, Bella-
 donna, and Chamomile.)
   Mercury.  Fullness of the head, as if it would fly apart,
 or was tied up with a bandage ; better by pressing the head
 Avith the hands, but worse at night,  in the  warmth of the
 bed, and not relieved by profuse sweating.
   Opium.   Constipation,  with rush  of blood  to the head;
 violent tearing, pressing pains through the whole brain,
 and heaviness with beating  in the  head; unsteady look.
 (See " Congestion to the Head.")

    b.   Headache from Catarrh and Cold in the Head.

   The' principal  remedies are, Nux vomica, Mercury, Sul-
phur, Aconite, Chamomile.  (See, for other remedies, " Ca-
 tarrh.")
   Nux vomica.  Heaviness in the forehead ;  obstructions
 or running of the  nose ;  feverish heat of the head, cheeks,
 and  body, alternately  with chilliness, constipation.   After
 it, Mercury often suits.
   Mercury is particularly useful in those headaches accom-
 panying the epidemic catarrh (influenza), Avhen there are
pressing pains in the forehead, over the root of the nose ;
frequent sneezing and running at the nose, with redness
and  excoriation; also, Avith  painful  itching in the nose ; 
HEADACHE.
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fever, Avith  chilliness, pains in the  limbs, and thirst.   It
alternates well with Nux vomica or Sulphur.
  Sulphur.   After Mercury has  relieved, but not entirely
cured the cold, and when there is still left fullness, pressure
and heaviness in the forehead, stitches, and painful jerking ;
especially on the left side,  Avith heat  and rush of blood to
the head; constipation.
  Aconite.  Pressing, dull feeling and heat in the forehead ;
Avorse at night; better in  the  open  air; fever, intermixed
Avith chills ; running of the nose and eyes.
   Chamomile.   Intolerable tearing and jerking on one side
of the head, doAvn to the jaws, Avith sore throat, hoarseness,
and bitter, foul taste in the mouth.  Is frequently suitable
after Aconite.

             c  Headache from Rheumatism.
   The principal remedies are Chamomile, Colocynth, Ipecac,
Pulsatilla, Bryonia, Mercury,  China, Nux vomica.
   Chamomile.   DraAving, tearing pains on one side of the
head, doAvn to the jaws ; very sensitive to touch ;  hot sweat
about the head ; one cheek red, with paleness of the other ;
and if the  pain almost drives to despair.   Suits well after
Coffea: after it, Bryonia,  Pulsatilla, and China, are suit-
able.
   Colocynth.   Violent tearing, drawing, cramping, or ach-
ing pains, with nausea and vomiting; worse when stooping
or lying on the back ;  pains appear in  the afternoon, with
restlessness.
  Ipecac.  Drawing in the forehead  ; worse or excited by
touch ; headache, with nausea ; sensation through the skull,
extending to the tongue, as if the brain  Avere bruised; pains
better after  vomiting ; relieved by heat.
   Nux vomica.  Tensive, draiving pains on one side of the
head, Avith a bruised  sensation in the head;  worse when 
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stooping or in the open air, with nausea and sour vomiting;
constipation.
  Pulsatilla.   Darting,  rending, jerking pains  on one side
only, particularly in the temples ; pain as if the brain were
lacerated.  (See  "Nervous Headache.")
  Bryonia.   Rending and shooting pain, from the neck up
to the sides of the head, with shivering or fever ; worse by
motion and at night, or during  changeable weather.  In
alternation with  Rhus.
  Mercury.   Burning,  shooting, throbbing,  and rending
pains, on one side principally, down to the teeth  and neck,
and in the ears; worse at night and in the warmth of the
bed, with perspiration Avhich does not relieve.
   China.   Aching pains at night, with sleeplessness, jerk-
ing, tearing; boring on top  of the head, with  a bruised
feeling of the brain ; worse, in the  open air, by touch, mo-
tion, draughts of air and wind; sensitiveness, even  of  the
roots of the hair, to touch.

d.  Headache from Constipation  and Gastric Derangement.
   1. Constipation, which causes congestive headache, is gen-
erally cured by Bryonia, Nux vom., or Opium, according to its
concomitant  symptoms (see  these three  remedies, under
"Headache  from Congestion to the Head,"  p. 128), or by
Pulsatilla and Mercury.   (See their symptoms, under the
same heading.)
   But, if the constipation is of a chronic character, give
   Silicea.  When there  are beating  pains  in the head,
mostly from  congestion, from the nape of the neck to the
top of the head ; pressing in  the head, as if it would split,
with sleeplessness at night, and worse in the morning when
awaking, or when reading, writing, or  thinking ; constipa-
tion, with ineffectual urging.  Suits, frequently, after Lyco-
podium, or 
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  Lachesis and Lycopodium, in  alternation, when there is
cutting as with knives in the top of the head, or hammering
on stooping, with congestion to  the  head ; disposition to
faint, and great restlessness;  whining mood;  yellowish
complexion.
   Sepia.   Headache  on shaking or  moving the head, or
walking, with tendency of blood to  the  head,  heaviness,
and  confusion, with nausea and vomiting;  worse in the
morning and on looking at bright sunlight.
   Sulphur.  If the former remedies do not cure, or when
 the  headache is more on one side (the left), with heat and
congestion ; roaring in the head; worse  by thinking, in
the open air, or walking, or when it appears every morning,
or night,  or every week.
   2. Headache from Gastric Derangement is, generally, ac-
 companied by a furred tongue, loss of appetite, fullness in
 the  forehead, as if it would split, with beating pain ; worse
 when  stooping.  It is frequently connected with bad taste
 in the mouth, and nausea or  vomiting,  and sour risings
 (acid stomach) caused by indigestion.   (See these articles.)
 The principal remedies are,
   Antimonium.  When the pain is worse on going up stairs,
 and better in  the  open  air.  With nausea,  loathing, and
 aversion to  food, Bryonia, Pulsatilla, Nux vomica.  (See
 "Headache from Congestion" and "Indigestion.")

           e.  Headache from External Causes.
   There  are many  external circumstances that produce
 headache ; Ave will state  the most frequent of them, with
 their remedies, AArhose detailed symptoms must be consulted
 under the headings mentioned within the  brackets, and at
 the  end of of the book, in the  "  Materia Medica."
   a. Headache from drinking coffee—Nux vomica,  Chamo-
 mile, Ignatia. 
134            AFFECTIONS OF THE HEAD.
   b. From over heating — Aconite, Belladonna,  Bryonia.
 (See " Congestion to the Head.")
   c From drinking ardent spirits — Nux vomica, Arsenic,
 Lachesis.
   d.  From loss of sleep, long watching — Nux vomica, Coc-
 culus, Pulsatilla, Lachesis, Carbo veg.
   e. From abuse  of tobacco — Hepar  sulph., Nux vomica,
 Antimon. crud.
  f. From excess  of mental or bodily labor — Nux vomica,
 Sulphur, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Silicea.
  g. From grief—Ignatia, Staphysag.   (See " Mental Dis-
 eases.")
   h.  From  anger or chagrin — Chamomile,  Nux vomica.
 (See the same.)
  i.  From bad, changeable weather — Bryonia, Rhus,  Carbo
veg.   (See "Headache  from Cold.")
  j.  From bathing — Pulsat., Antimon crud., Calcarea carb.
  k. From suppressed eruptions — Antimon. crud.,  Sulphur.
 (See " Skin Diseases.")
  I.  From mechanical injuries, blows, etc. — Arnica, Bellad.,
Aconite.   (See "External  Injuries.")
  N. B.  In regard to the administration of the above med-
icines, we refer the reader, in all  cases of headache,  to
what is said about it in the  beginning of that article, p. 128.

                    Sick Headache.
  This form of headache,  so Avell known under the  above
name, is of a chronic nature,  appearing periodically, and
depending mostly upon gastric, rheumatic disorders in per-
sons of a psoric constitution,  and may be eradicated by a
systematic homoeopathic treatment.   Although this requires
the skill of medical  attendance, Ave will try to bring within
the reach of every intelligent  person sufficient knowledge 
sick headache.                 135
for the commencement of a treatment, which, if successful,
will encourage him to seek further medical advice.
  First, we will give the treatment of the  attack itself:
  Ipecac is the  first [remedy, in all  cases which commence
with  nausea,  after which a bruised feeling of the whole
head  manifests itself, followed by vomiting or retching.
  Administration. — Of this and the following  remedies
as  directed in  the  beginning of the article, page  128.
If not better within an  hour, select one  of the  following
remedies:
  Belladonna.   If with  the  headache there is great sensi-
tiveness to light, worse in the warmth of the bed, on lying
doAvn or in a draught, and from noise, such as shutting the
door, etc.  (See " Congestion to the Head.")
   Spigelia.   If there is great sensitiveness  to noise, with
the pains worse on the left side, and insupportable beating
in the temples, the pain  sometimes descending into the face
and teeth, Avorse by stooping or motion and in the open air.
The headache appears generally  at  a regular time in the
morning,  growing Avorse with   the  ascending  sun (sun
pain.)  In this case, in alternation with Belladonna.
   Sanguinaria.   If there is great sensitiveness to the walk-
ing of others  in the  room, with fullness of the head, as if
it would burst, worse on  the right side, with a feeling  as if
the eyes were pressed outAvards, chilliness, nausea, inclina-
tion to lie down.
   (Compare Bryonia in  " Congestion to the Head.")
   Aconite.  (See this remedy in " Congestion to the Head.)
When the patient has a great sensitiveness to all kinds of
odors, the pain  mostly  on the  left  side.  In this  case in
alternation  with  Sulphur or Ignatia.   (See " Nervous
Headache.")
   Sepia.   If  there is a  great dislike to  be touched,  and
sensitiveness to  thunder-storms and the cold  air.  (Com- 
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AFFECTIONS OF  THE HEAD.
pare with China in " Headache from Rheumatism.")  If
the patient is easily vexed, pain mostly above the right eye
and worse by shaking or moving the head.
  Beside, consult the articles on " Congestion to the Head,"
"Headache from  Rheumatism,"  and "Neuralgia in the
Head."
  Second.  To  eradicate the disposition to sick headache,
take Sepia,  Silicea,  and Sulphur,  each remedy  for six
weeks,  commencing with Sepia.   During  the six  weeks
take of that remedy, the first three Aveeks,  eA-ery  week,
two doses (six glob.)  in  the evening, on going to bed; for
the last three weeks,  every Aveek  one dose (six glob.)   If
during  that time  attacks of sick headache  occur,  treat
them as directed  above and resume the other  treatment
again after they are over.

Nervous Headache.  Neuralgia in the Head. (Megrim.)
   In this kind  of  headache, to which nervous persons and
females are mostly subject, the head is generally cool, the
face pale, with a  suffering  expression; in  females  great
quantities of colorless urine are discharged ; if vomiting
sets in, it only relieves for a short time ; the pain is mostly
concentrated in one spot, with the characteristic feeling,  as
if a nail were driven  through the head (clavus hystericus) ;
the patient is generally very nervous, fickle minded, dejec-
ted, hysterical, or  hypochondrical.
    Treatment. —  Besides the medicines  mentioned under
" Sick Headache," which are suitable in this kind of  head-
ache, also, (see this article), there are the following:
   Coffea.  Pain as if a nail was driven into the head, or as
if the brain were torn or bruised; pain seems  to be intolera-
ble; also, noise and  music ;  the  patient is very restless,
screams,  weeps, feels chilly and  has an  aversion to open
ajr  and drinking coffee,  though  he  is, at other times, 
NERVOUS HEADACHE.--NEURALGIA IN THE HEAD.   137
fond of it.  The headache generally arises from cold, close
thinking, or vexation.
  Ignatia.  Aching pain above the nose, relieved by bend-
ing forward;  sensation as  if a nail  had been driven  into
the head ;  Avith nausea, dimness of sight, and yet dread of
light;  pale face, copious and watery urine; pain is momenta-
rily relieved by a change of position ; tendency to start; fitful
mood ; taciturn and sad.
  Pulsatilla.   Tearing pains, worse  toAvard evening, Avith
pale face, whining  mood, loss  of appetite, no thirst, chilli-
ness,  sometimes Avith palpitation of the heart; pains are
Avorse  during rest, when sitting, better  in the open air, and
when the head is bandaged tight; particularly suitable for
mild phlegmatic persons.
   Aconite.  (See " Sick Headache." )  When it arises from
cold, with catarrh,  buzzing in the  ears  and pains  in the
abdomen; also, when there is a sensation as if a ball was
rising up into the head, as if of cool air.
  Belladonna.   (See "Sick Headache.")   When there are
Avaverino; shocks, and a  sensation of fluctuation or undula-
tion, as of water.   This pain sometimes commences very
gently, but increases rapidly on one side  (mostly  the right)
to  piercing pains, which produce agonizing lamentations
and temporary delirium, dimness of sight, buzzing in the
ears.
   Platina.   Suits  often  after Belladonna,  particularly  in
females, when  there is  roaring  in  the head  as  of Avater,
Avith  coldness  in the ears,  eyes, and one  side of  the face ;
also illusions of sight, as  objects appearing smaller  than
they really are; violent cramp-like  pains over the root of
the nose, with heat and redness of the face, restlessness, and
Avhining mood.
   Hepar sulph.  Suits after Belladonna or Mercury, if there
is pain as from a  nail  in  the brain, Avith  violent nightly 
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AFFECTIONS  OF THE  HEAD.
pains, as if the forehead would  be pulled apart, and Avhen
painful tumors appear on the head.
   Mercury.   After Belladonna,  if the pain  shoots doAvn
into the teeth, neck, and left ear; Avorse at night, with per-
spiration, which  does not relieve.  The  pain is better  by
pressing the head Avith both hands.
   Chamomile.  Suits often for children and persons unable
to bear  the least pain, and when there  are acute, shooting
pains in the temples, or a rending, drawing pain on one
side extending to the  jaw,  especially Avhen one cheek is
red, the other pale, the eyes painful, sore  throat, and bitter
taste.
   Colocynth.   Violent, excruciating, tearing, drawing pains
on one side, or cramp-like, compressive sensation, aching,
Avith nausea;  worse Avhen  stooping or lying on the back,
with great restlessness ; perspiration smells like urine ; copi-
ous watery urine during the pains, or scanty, offensive dis-
charges of urine between the  paroxysms.
   Arsenic.  Pains in  the  head, sometimes very  severe,
almost maddening, with nausea,  buzzing in the ears, Aveep-
ing  and moaning, tenderness of the  scalp ;  cold applica-
tions relieve the pain  for the time ; suits frequently after
Pulsat.; Avhen better in open air, worse within doors.
   Veratrum.   Maddening pains  one side Avith great weak-
ness, fainting  when  rising,  cold  perspiration,  chilliness,
diarrhea, tenderness of the scalp ;  suits well after or before
Arsenic.  If these two remedies will not relieve, give
   China.  Suitable for persons  sensitive  to pain, feverish,
dissatisfied dispositions, talkative and restless at  night; the
pains are aching, preArentirig sleep, or  are  piercing, jerkino-
in the forehead, with  a bruised feeling in the brain ; Avorse
by touch, reflection, conversation, open air,  motion, draughts
of air;  the scalp very sensitive to the  touch.
   Sepia.   (See " Sick Headache.")   When the pain in the 
         FALLING OFF OF THE HAIR-1—ALLOPECIA.       139

temples renders them very sensitive to the touch ;  quietness
and darkness relieve ; also,  a good sleep.
   Sulphur and  Silicea.  For  the chronic treatment, as
directed in "Sick Headache," page 135.
   Administration. — The above mentioned remedies must
be given according to directions in " Sick Headache."

         Falling off of the Hair.   (Allopecia.)
   This frequently happens after severe fevers, when Hepar
sulph.,  Silicea,  and Lycopodium suit; or, after debilitating
losses,  such  as depletion,  excesses,  profuse  sweats,  etc.,
when we may give  China and  Mercury; or, if it happens
to women when nursing, Calcarea carb.  and Sulphur.  If
long continued grief is the cause of it, give Phosphoric acid
and  Staphysag.   If  caused by  frequent attacks of nervous
headache, give Hepar sulph. and Nitric acid.  If caused by
having taken too much  calomel, give Hepar and Carbo veg.
   Administration. — As it takes a long time to see the
effects of a remedy in this disease, do not change it quickly
for another, but take every week one dose (six glob.) of a
remedy for four weeks, and then discontinue two  weeks
before  taking another medicine.  If by that time the loss
of the hair seems less,  do not change the medicine.
   Externally, use the  same remedy by washing with a
solution of  twelve globules in half a  teacupful  of  water
every other night.
   If the hair  is dry and splits  easily, cut it  often,  every
month  or six weeks a little ; use nothing but pure bear's
oil;  all other  preparations and pomatums  are  of  little
use, and often very injurious.
   For the dandruff, scales of the scalp, take Calcarea carb.,
 Graphites, and  Staphysag;  if  with itching, take Graphites,
Lypocodium, and Sulphur.
   Administer same  as  above. 
CHAPTER   VII.
         AFFECTIONS  OF THE EYES.

                  General Remarks.
  The diseases of the eye ought to claim our most careful
attention, as this most important organ is, from its position
and complicated and delicate structure,  subject to a great
variety of diseases, Avhich, heretofore, have been very badly
treated under the allopathic system.
  All external applications, in the form  of  strong eye-wa-
ters and salves, are injurious, and even if, as in scrofulous
sore eyes for instance, these salves seem to  have effected a
cure, it  is only by driving the disease from  the  external
parts  to  some internal organ, which is, at the time, the
Aveakest — in most  cases to the lungs.  If external  reme-
dies are  wanted, pure water is preferable  in all  cases of
inflammation, applied either cold or warm, according to the
feelings of the patient.  In cases of external injuries to the
eye, the  arnica lotion (ten drops of Arnica tincture to half
a teacupful of cold water) must be used externally.
  But, when erysipelas affects the eyes, nothing wet ought
to be applied, but warm bags filled with bran.  (See " Ery-
sipelas.")
  When  the inflammation of the eyes and face is caused
by the poison of the sumach,  or  other Aveeds, apply noth-
ing outAvardly, but  give the internal remedies recommended
for that disease.  (See " Poisoning by Sumach," page 44.) 
inflammation of the eyelid and its margins.    141
   1.  Inflammation of  the Eyelid  and its Margins.
       a. Inflammation and Swelling of the Eyelid.
  Aconite.   In all cases where the inflammation  and the
pain is great, attended with feArer and restlessness, or Avhere
the lids are swollen, hard, and red, with heat and sensation of
burning and dryness, or when  there is a copious  secretion
of mucous in the eyes and nose, with dread of light, fever,
and thirst.
  Administration. — Every two hours a dose (four glob.)
until three doses are  taken or the patient relieved ; after it
Belladonna, Sulphur, or Hepar Sulph., are often necessary.
(See these.)
   Belladonna.   If Aconite is not sufficient;  or when there
is a feeling of  burning and itching in  the red and SAvollen
eyelids  (which  stick  together,  and  bleed easily when
opened);  also,  when  the edges are turned to the outside,
and feel  as if  paralyzed (see Hepar sulph.)
   Administer same as Aconite.
   Hepar  Suphuris.  If there  is a sensation of ulceration
or contusion in the red  and swollen lids on touching them,
with  sensitiveness  to  light, and spasmodic contractions  of
the lids in the  morning.   In alternation with Aconite, Bel-
lad.,  or  Mercury,  as ,the  symptoms  indicate  (see these
remedies),  every three or six hours a dose (four globules),
until better.
   Sulphur.  Frequently in alternation with Aconite, when
the swelling and redness are very bad, with pressing, burn-
ing pains in the eye and lids (as if from sand in the eyes),
great secretion of mucous, and sensitiveness to  light.
   Administration.—Alone, or in  alternation with Aconite,
a dose (six globules) every six hours,  until  three  doses  of
each are taken, or the patient feels better.   After Sulphur,
 Calcarea carb.  is frequently necessary. 
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AFFECTIONS OF THE EYES.
  Mercury.   If there is a hard swelling, Avith cutting pain,
and  difficulty of opening the  lids, as if from contraction,
ulcers  and scabs on the edges, worse in the night, and in
the warmth of  the bed, with restlessness  and perspiration,
or if there is  a burning itching in the eyes, Avorse in the
open air, with great dread  of the light of the fire.   After,
or in alternation with it, give Hepar sulph., a dose (four
glob.)  every  six hours, until better.
   Euphrasia.   In cases where the eyelids are red  and
swelled, their margins ulcerated, Avith itching in the day-
time, sticking  together in the morning,  constant catarrh,
headache, heat in the head and dread of light, with profuse
secretion of mucous and  tears.   In  alternation  with Nux
vom., if the eyeball is very red, and there is burning Avith
the itching—if the patient is very irritable,  and feels worse
in the  open air; but in alternation with Pulsatilla, if he is
of a mild character, and feels better in the open air.
   Administration the same as Sulph.
   Arsenic.   Inflammation of the inside of the lids, with
inability to open the eyes, and violent burning pain.
   Administer same as above.
   Spigelia.  In inflammation and ulcerations of  the lids
with biting soreness, difficulty of raising the lids (as if from
stiffness), with burning in  the  eyes  and pain in the head,
worse  on the least motion.
   Administer same as above.
   Calcarea carb.  Frequently after Sulph., when there are
cutting, burning pains, especially when reading,  with red,
hard, and great swelling, and copious secretion of mucous,
and the lids  sticking together in the morning.
   Administer same as Sulphur.
   Hyosciamus and Chamomile  in alternation (administer
same  as Bellad.), when the eyelids  are closed spasmodic-
ally, with  a sensation of heaviness or pressure. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE  EYEBALL.         143
        b. Inflammation of the Margins of the Lids.
   The principal remedies in this disease, which frequently
appears without affecting the whole lid, are Bellad., Eu-
phrasia, Pulsat.,  Nux vom., Mercury,  Hepar  sulph., and
 Chamomile.
   (See the detailed  symptoms of these remedies in the
preceding article:  "a. Inflammation of the Eyelids.")

   2. Inflammation of the  Eyeball.  ( Ophthalmia.)
   In most cases, where the eyeballs  are inflamed, the lids
Avill also be  affected, and the remedies stated under "In-
flammation of the Eyelids,"  Avill be beneficial.  This is
particularly the case, when Aconite, Bellad., and Euphrasia
are indicated; which are the most important  remedies  in
diseases of the eyes, and to which Ave refer  the reader, in
the  preceding article.   But frequently the eyeballs  alone
are implicated,  especially Avhen cold, together Avith a scrof-
ulous or rheumatic predisposition, is the cause.
   The first remedy in this disease, particularly when it ap-
pears suddenly, is Aconite.  When the eyes are very red,
with dark redness of  the  vessels, and intolerable burning,
stinging,  or  aching pains (worse on  moving  the eyes),
dread of light, copious flow of tears, yet  with dryness  of
the eyelids and fever.
   Administration. — Same as Aconite in "Inflammation of
the Eyelids."  After which,  Bellad.  is generally sufficient
to cure the disease.
   Belladonna.  When the white of the eye is very much
inflamed, sensitive to light, either copious flow of burning-
hot  tears, or great dryness  of the  eyes,  which  ache all
around, or deep inside, with stitches proceeding from the
eyes to the head (worse on moving the  eyes), and a severe
cold in the  head, or a  violent headache, with  stupor and 
 144            AFFECTIONS  OF THE EYES.

vertigo, sparks or black spots before the eyes, and a short,
dry cough,  it suits mostly after Aconite; but  frequently,
too, after Hepar sulph., and Mercury.
  Euphrasia.   Same  as  Bellad., and when this is insuffi-
cient ;  or Avhen the pain in and above the eyes, in the head,
is more pressing, and the cough not dry, but loose; also,
with profuse running  at the nose;  worse in the evening.
  Nux vomica.  When the  eyes  are bloodshot,  smarting
as if from sand, with swelling and softening of the  eye,
irritable temper, coated  tongue, redness of the corners of
the lids, with stiffness and  itching, acrid tears,  dread of
light in the morning, headache every night, and stoppage
of the nose.
  Ignatia.   If the pain is  more like pressure in the eyes,
which  are  not much  inflamed, but Avith  copious flow of
tears and nasal discharge, great sensitiveness to  light, mild,
quiet disposition.
  Pulsatilla is  often  effective, after Aconite  has subdued
the worst  inflammation, and  severe pains remain (tearing,
stitching,  and cutting),  in rheumatic inflammation  of the
eyes,  Avhere there is  sensitiveness to light; worse  in  the
afternoon and evening ; the patient is fretful and inclined to
weep.
  Bryonih.  After Pulsat. when the redness still remains,
the lids are swollen, with pain in the head when the eyes
are opened ; worse at night.
  Rhus.  After Bryonia, or  in alternation with it, in damp,
wet weather, or when the eye continues to burn and stitch,
with the running of water, or the  eyelids are swollen as if
from erysipelas.
  Spigelia.   Aching, stitching, or boring pains, penetrating
into the head, and returning  regularly at the  same time of
day, with a sensation as if  the eyeballs  were too  large.
The pain is  at times insupportable. 
           SCROFULA, OR SCROFULOUS SORE EYES.        145

  Administration  of the  above  remedies,  the same as
Aconite.
  Sulphur (see '/Inflammation of the  Eyelid")  is  also
necessary, after Mercury and Pulsatilla.
  Diet and Regimen, in  all diseases of the eye must be
light, as in fevers generally (see  these.)  Rest and  quiet
in the room are necessary.  The room itself should be dry,
airy, and darkened.

        3.  Chronic  Inflammation of the  Eyes.
  The  treatment  of these inflammations varies according
to their causes, which are either hereditary or acquired.

             a.  From Gout and Rheumatism.
  For  the severest  symptoms use Aconite, Bellad., and
 Spigelia, as stated in the preceding article ; also,
   Colocynthis.  When there is violent burning aud cutting,
 extending far back into the head and nose, with great an-
 guish and restlessness; or violent pressure in the forehead;
 worse when stooping, or lying on the  back ;  severe draw-
 ing  pain in the head, with vomiting.
   Hepar sulph.   If Bellad., or Spigelia,  is insufficient; or
 Avhen there is redness of the eyes and eyelids, with  sore-
 ness when touched;  sensitiveness to light, especially in the
 evening;   sight  at  times dim   and obscured,  at others
 clear;  pressure in the eyeball,  as if it would start out of
 the head.
   Administration of the above remedies, the same as Acon-
 ite under "Inflammation of  the Eyelids."

           b.  Scrofula, or Scrofulous Sore Eyes.
   Scrofula frequently affects the eyes, after an inflamma-
 tion of the lids or eyeball  has  set in, from causes  aboA'e
 stated, by which  complication  such cases  are  rendered
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146            affections of the eyes.
much worse, and more difficult to cure; for dimness  of
sight and ulcers on the ball of the eye often remain ; they re-
quire medical attention, as the consequences of neglect, or
faulty treatment, would be too serious ; and the necessity
for the eradication of scrofula is, of itself, obvious.
  In the beginning  of such an attack,  give  Aconite and
Belladonna, as stated under " Inflammation of the Eyelids"
and "Eyeball."  Also, all  the other remedies mentioned
there, if they  are  required by the  symptoms.   Besides
these,
  Dulcamara is of use, when cold is the  cause of the sore
eyes,  and  when they  are  made worse  by reading, with
dimness of sight, and a sensation as if sparks  of fire were
flying out of the eyes ; pain over the eyes; worse Avhen at
rest; better when walking.
  Administration the same as above.
  For ulcers on the eyeballs, remaining after the inflamma-
tion has subsided, give Euphrasia, Hepar sulph., and Sili-
cea,  each remedy during  one week ; two or  three times
every evening a dose (four glob.)   When Silicea is given,
apply externally a  wash of twelve globules  of Silicea in
half a teacupful of pure cold water.  Make the application
several times a day.
  For specks, give Euphrasia, Hepar sulph., Silicea,  Calca-
rea carb., Nitric acid, in the  same manner as stated under
"Ulcers on the Eyeball."
  Diet and  Regimen.— See  "Inflammation  of the Eye-
ball."

         c From Syphilis, or Venereal Disease.
  The eyes may be implicated in this disease, and become
inflamed, particularly Avhen a gonorrhea  is suppressed and
transferred, as  it were, to the eyes, or when  syphilis has
penetrated  the Avhole system.  In the latter case, a homce- 
stye on the eyelid.
147
opathic physician must be consulted.  In inflammation of
the eyes and lids from suppressed gonorrhea, administer at
first Aconite, as stated under " Inflammation of the Eyes ;"
after it Pulsatilla, in the same manner;  then wait two or
three days, and  give, if necessary, Nitric  acid, Mercury,
and Sulphur;  commencing  with  Nitric acid,  and taking
four doses the first week; four doses of the next remedy,
the second week ;  and so on, until better.
   In the real Syphilitic Eye-affections : Nitric acid, Mercury,
and Thuja, are the  principal remedies—to be  given as
above.
   Diet and Regimen.— See " Inflammation  of the  Eye-
ball," and "Syphilis."

                d. From abuse of Mercury.
   This drug,  given in allopathic doses, frequently produces
seA-ere affections of the eye ; for which must be given, He-
par sulph., Nitric acid, Pulsat., and Sulphur, in the  same
manner as stated above, under " Syphititic Eye-Affections."
 Diet,  also, the same.

                 4.  Stye on the  Eyelid.
   A stye is  a small boil on the eyelid, produced by the
 SAvelling  of the Meibomian glands, which are imbedded all
 along the margins of the lid.
   The specific remedy in the commencement of this com-
 plaint is
   Pulsatilla.   A dose (four glob.)  twice a day, until four
 doses are  taken ; then  discontinue two days; and  if not
 better, or  if suppuration appears,  take Mercury  in  the
 same manner, in alternation with Hepar sulph.
    If no  suppuration, but induration takes place, or hard
 spots remain,  and if the styes appear often, give Staphy-
 sag., a dose (four glob.)  two or three times, during one week; 
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affections of the  eyes.
and  afterward, for two or three Aveeks, give  each Aveek
two doses of  Calcarea carb. (each  dose  four glob.) until
better;  and, if not, Sulphur, for the same length of time,
and in the same manner.
  Externally,  apply nothing; but  bathe occasionally  in
warm water.
  Diet and Regimen. — The diet light; no animal food;
and regimen cool.

             5. Weeping or Watery Eyes.
  If this  complaint  arises, as is  mostly the case, from  an
obstruction of  the lachrymal duct, or a swelling of  its  en-
trance, in the  internal corner of the eye, a homoeopathic
physician should be consulted.  In  the meantime, use  the
folloAving remedies :  Bellad.,  Pulsat., Calcarea carb., Sili-
cea, Petroleum, Sulphur ; the first two remedies alternately,
every day a dose (four glob.) of each, until the acute symp-
toms  subside;  the  other remedies, each  for  four  or  six
weeks, every week two doses (six glob, each), until better.
  But if the watery eyes arise from a general weakness of
the  organ, Euphrasia  and Spigelia in  alternation,  every
two or  three°days  a dose (six glob.), will generally  be
found beneficial.   Let this treatment be followed,  at  the
end of two weeks, by two doses of  Sulphur, on two suc-
cessive nights  (each  dose, six glob.)
  Diet. — The usual homoeopathic diet  must be  observed
during the whole time.

              6.  Cataract.   (Glaucoma.)
  This disease, which consists of  the gradual darkening of
the lens in the eye (thus preventing the light from reaching
the optic nerve) is, in its commencement, curable by medi-
cines, if carefully selected and applied.  As this, however,
ought to  be done by a homoeopathic physician, we will 
weakness of  sight.--AMAUROSIS.         149
here merely notice a few remedies, which may be taken  in
the beginning, until a physician can be consulted.
   By this means, an operation for  the  cataract may fre-
quently be avoided.
   Pulsatilla, Sulphur,  Silicea,  Conium,  Phosphorus.
   Administration. — Give each remedy for four  or  six
weeks, every three days one dose (six glob.), in the even-
ing, until better, or until the next remedy has to be taken.
   Diet and Regimen. — Light, without animal food ; oth-
erwise, the  usual homoeopathic diet.

          7. Weakness  of Sight.   (Amblyopia.)

      Blindness (sudden and incipient)—Amaurosis.

   Short-sighted and  far-sighted persons have not, strictly
 speaking, weak eyes; this latter is a defect in the optic
 nerve itself, which is weakened or paralyzed, in a greater
 or less degree.  If this nerve is not much paralyzed, so
 that only dimness of sight exists, we  call it amblyopia, or
 weakness  of sight;  if the  nerve is  more or entirely par-
 alyzed, it is incipient or real blindness—amaurosis.
   This disease can be eured ; but it must be taken in time,
 and a homoeopathic physician ought to be consulted  imme-
 diately, as delay in this case is very dangerous.
   In the  meantime take, for simple weakness of sight, Pul-
 satilla, Sulphur, Bellad., Calcarea carb.,  and Phosphorus.
   Administration the same as  stated under " Cataract."
   For  incipient  blindness, give the same remedies  as  for
 simple weakness of  sight.
   Attacks of sudden blindness ; if caused by congestion to
 the head, and  accompanied with pain in the head and con-
 vulsions, give Bellad. and Hyosciamus  in solution (twelve
 glob, in half a teacupful of water), every fifteen minutes a
 teaspoonful, until better (see "Congestion of blood  to the 
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AFFECTIONS of the eyes.
Head"); but for sudden blindness, with out an apparent cause,
give first Aconite; then Mercury; every two or three hours
a  dose (four glob.) alternately, until better.
   For night-blindness ; Belladonna.
   For day-blindness, AA-here the patient can only see  in  the
evening; give Sulphur, and afterward Silicea.
   Diet the same as in " Cataract."

           8. Short  Sightedness.   (Myopia.)
   This affliction, if not of too long duration, may generally
be mitigated or cured by Pulsatilla ;  or, if caused by abuse
of calomel, give  Carbo  veg. and Hepar sulph.; if from de-
bilitating causes and typhus fevers, Phosphoric acid.
   These remedies to be administered in the same manner
as stated under " Cataract."
   Diet and  Regimen, also, the same.

                  9.  Far Sightedness.
   This frequently  occurs  after  excessive  use of  ardent
spirits ; in which case Nux vom. must be given;  every  day
a  dose  (four glob.) for a week  ; followed by Sulphur, in
alternation Avith Lachesis ;  every week two doses of each,
for four or six weeks, or until better.   If not relieved, con-
sult a physician.

              10. Squinting.  (Strabismus.)
   A  frequent cause of squinting, in young children, is that
from  the position of their cradle, they constantly have the
light on the same side.   To obviate this, alter the position
of the cradle so that the light will be directly in front.
   If, however,  squinting  continues,  not Avith standing,  and
the heads of the children are  hot,  give Belladonna  and
Bryonia, in alternation, every four or six days a dose (two 
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glob.)  until six doses of each  are  taken, or the child  is
better.  If not better, consult a homoeopathic  physician.

        11. Falling of the Eyelids.   (Paralysis.)
   If the upper or lower eyelid falls down, and can not be
raised easily, give Spigelia, Belladonna, Sepia, Veratrum,
 Opium, Cocculus, Nitric acid.
   Administer the same as stated under " Cataract."
   Diet and Regimen. — The usual homoeopathic diet —
bathe  the eyelids frequently in cold  water.

           12. Foreign Substances in the Eye.
   If dust enters the eye and causes irritation, washing with
 cold water will be sufficient; but cream or sour  milk will
 ansAver better, if lime, ashes, or tobacco enters the eye.  If
 a hard substance, or an insect has got into  the  eye,  draAV
 the eyelids  apart, and turn the upper one over  the lower
 one a couple of times, until it is felt that the substance is
 removed.   If  unable to remove it in this manner, do not
 rub the eye, but lie down,  and bathe it in a solution of Ar-
 nica (five drops to half a teacupful of water.)  Internally,
 take Aconite,  and try to sleep.
    If  particles of iron have entered the eye, and are fastened
 in the white  or  pupil, use  Arnica, as above  stated, and
 have  them extracted by a  surgeon.
    If  the eye  becomes  very much inflamed, take  a few
 doses of Aconite,  and afterward Sulphur;  and, if neces-
 sary, in a feAV days after,  Calcarea carb. 
CHAPTER  VIII.
       AFFECTIONS  OF  THE  EARS.

     1.  External Ear and its Surrounding Parts.
    a. Eruptions and Swelling of the External Ear.
  The eruptions which appear on or behind the ear are
A'arious, and generally require a chronic treatment to erad-
icate the disease entirely, which can be done only by a
skillful homoeopathic physician.  To  begin the cure, or if
severe, acute sufferings, as swelling and inflammation of
the ear, appear with the  eruption, select from among the
remedies given below, and read  their symptoms in the
" Materia Medica" at the  end of the book.
   1.  For scurvy eruption :  Pulsat., Lycopodium, Lachesis,
Hepar sulph., Staphysag.,  Graphites.
  2. For soreness: Lachesis, Mercury, Sulphur, Graphites.
  3. For itching in or on  the  ears :  Pulsat., Lycopodium,
Sulphur.
  4.  For swelling of the  ear: Pulsat., Mercury, Lycopo-
dium, Sepia.
  5. For ulcerated eruptions : Pulsat., Mercury, Hepar sulph.
  6. For humors : Graphites, Lycopodium,  Calcarea carb.
   Administration. — Give each  remedy for one  Aveek,
every other day one dose (four glob.) until better, or until
the next remedy has to be given.
  Diet  and Regimen. — The usual homoeopathic diet, and 
MUMPS--PAROTITIS.                153
particular care to be taken not to drive the eruption away
by getting cold or by external applications.

                b. Mumps.   (Parotitis.)
   This disease  consists in an  inflammation of the great
salivary glands, lying under and in front of the ear ; chil-
dren are frequently subject to  it, but seldom more than
once in a lifetime.
   It is not dangerous  in its simple form, and only requires
to be kept warm by putting a handkerchief around it, and
keeping the patient in the room.  Internally give
   Mercury, which is  almost a  specific for this disease —
 every evening a dose (four glob.), until three or four doses
 are taken.
   Sometimes the glands of the neck participate,  and re-
 main swelled for  three or four days.   In this case, also,
 pursue the above treatment.
   But,  if the mumps disappears suddenly, by striking in
 and falling upon  the brain, so that the patient becomes
 delirious  and  unconscious,  give Belladonna  in  solution
 (twelve globules in half-a-teacupful of water), every hour
 a teaspoonful.  (See, also, " Scarlet Fever," striking in of.)
    But, if in striking in, it falls upon the stomach, give Carbo
 veg., in the same  manner as Belladonna above, and, if not
 better in two or three hours, Arsenic, and after that Coccu-
 lus, if necessary, in the same manner.
    If fever, restlessness, and erysipelatous redness are  com-
 bined with it, particularly in damp weather, give Bella-
  donna and Rhus in alternation, in solution (twelve globules
  of  each in separate teacups, each half full of Avater), a tea-
  spoonful every three  or four hours, till four of each remedy
  are given, or until better.
    If the mumps is very obstinate and very hard, give Kali
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154            AFFECTIONS OF THE EARS.

carb., every evening one dose (six glob.) until three doses
are taken.
   If a catarrhalic  state is  connected with  it, particularly
hoarseness,  give Carbo veg. in the same  manner.   This
same remedy suits if  the patient has previously taken
much calomel.
   Diet and Regimen. — The diet must be light and farina-
ceous— baked apples and  stewed  prunes,  if desired, but
neither animal food nor soups.   The patient must be kept
warm,  and if feverish must stay in bed.

                   2.  Internal Ear.

         a. Inflammation of the Ear.   ( Otitis.)

   This painful disease is generally caused  by exposure to
cold and damp weather ; sometimes, however, by the strik-
ing in of eruptions.
   It manifests itself by violent burning, stitching, beating
pains, deep in the ear, and finally by swelling and redness
of  both in  and outside of the  ear;  frequently,  in very
severe  cases, the brain is implicated,  when, in  children,
convulsions ensue, with vomiting and cold extremities.
   Treatment. — The principal remedy is, first,
   Pulsatilla.  In solution  (twelve globules in half-a-tea-
cupful  of water), every hour a teaspoonful until better, or
until six teaspoonfuls are taken ; then wait the same length
of time and give one dose (four glob.) of Sulphur, after
which, in two hours, repeat the  Pulsat. until better.  But,
if  the brain becomes affected, with or Avithout convulsions,
give
   Belladonna. In alternation  with  Aconite, if the fever is
very high, every two or three  hours  a dose (four glob);
then Avait four or  six  hours and giA*e Belladonna co" and
Coffea  cc, in the same  manner, if great sensitiveness  and 
EARACHE--OTALGIA.
155
restlessness remain.   If  an abscess is about to form, which
is  indicated by the continued  beating pain in the  ear,
give Mercury,  Lachesis  and  Hepar sulph., in  alternation,
every six hours a dose  (four glob.) until better, or until
two or three doses of each are taken.
   Diet and Regimen. — The diet  similar to that in fever.
If the pain is very violent, make an external application of
heated flannels, or bags filled with heated bran or scorched
flour.

                  b. Earache.   ( Otalgia.)
   Earache, commonly so termed, resembles the inflamma-
tion of the ear in the character  of the  pain, and is only
different in regard to its origin, as it mostly appears after
taking cold as a neuralgic and rheumatic  affection, or in
consequence  of previous inflammations of the ear.   There
is  little or no  fever accompanying the attacks, which are
generally of  short duration,  and relieved speedily by  the
application of the  following remedies :
  Treatment. — Pulsatilla is the first and principal remedy,
particularly if   the pains  are  darting and  tearing, as if
something would press out through the ears ; the outer  ear
is  red, hot, and swollen, or, there  is stitching and tearing
through the whole side  of the  face, almost depriving the
patient of reason, particularly  in  females, or  in persons
inclined to chilliness and disposed to cry.
   Administer as Pulsat.  in " Inflammation of the Ear."
   Chamomile.   The  next best remedy, especially  after
taking cold, or when  a  perspiration has been  suppressed
suddenly; tearing,  lancinating pains  in the  ear,  Avhich
extend to the lobe of the  ear;  the patient is  very cross,
cannot bear pain,  and is  easily offended.
   Mercury.  After Pulsat. or  Chamomile.   If these  are
insufficient, or  if the patient  perspires  a great deal without 
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AFFECTIONS OF THE EARS.
relief; the pains  are worse in  a warm bed, and there is  a
chilly sensation in the ears, with moisture ; the pains extend
to the cheek and  teeth.
   Nux vomica. After  Chamomile,  in persons of a lively,
passionate disposition  ; when  the  pains are tearing and
stinging, tending upAvard to the forehead and temples, and
down into the  facial bones ; worse in the morning.
   Arnica is  more for sensitive, nervous persons, Avhen the
pain returns on the slightest occasion, with sensitiveness to
noise, and pressing  and stinging in and behind the  ears,
which feel hot internally.
   China suits frequently after Arnica or Pulsat.; if the
tearing pains are  felt more  externally ; are worse by touch-
ing the ear, which is red, stings, and rings.
   Belladonna.   Similar to  China, or as stated under Bella-
donna in " Inflammation of the Ear."
   Hepar. After  Belladonna, Avhen  the pain shoots into the
ear on  blowing  the nose, or  Avhen  the  pain is  beating,
throbbing, or roaring.
   Spigelia.  When  there is a painful aching, as if a  large
nail were sticking in the ear;  Avith aching and tearing in
the cheek bones.
   Dulcamara.  When the pains increase during rest, espe-
cially at night, Avith nausea.
   Administration  of  the above  remedies the same  as
Pulsat.,  in the beginning of this article.
   If the above  remedies  allay the  worst symptoms, but
there is still left  a  painfulness in the ear, particularly  on
the left side, or the pains increase in the evening or before
midnight, give Sulphur, evening  and morning,  a dose
(four glob.) ;  but if worse on the right side, and after mid-
night, toward  morning, or during the forenoon, give Calca-
rea carb., the same as Sulphur.
   In  very small children, after  Pulsat. and Chamomile (two 
HUMMING, BUZZING OF THE EARS.
157
glob, each) have been  giATen at intervals of one  or two
hours, give  Coffea and Belladonna in the same manner, and
afterwards Coffea cc- and Belladonna c% every  hour  alter-
nately, a dose (two glob.) until better.
   Diet and Regimen. — The diet light;  no  meat, but
fruit and farinaceous  substances.  Externally use nothing
but what is recommended in " Inflammation of the Ear."

            c Humming, Buzzing of the Ears.
   As a symptom it invariably accompanies earache, running
of the ears and their inflammation, and will disappear with
them ; but, Avhen it appears alone, it is caused generally by
congestion to the head, from catching cold, or other dis-
eases.
   Pulsatilla relieves it,  if worse in the evening.
   Nux vomica, if worse in the morning.
   Dulcamara, if worse  at night.
   Mercury, in persons inclined to perspire.
   Chamomile, in persons Avho do not perspire easily.
   China, in  persons who have  taken  much calomel, or
Avhere the noise in the ear is more a hissing, singing, or
ringing noise.
   Carbo veg., if  China does not relieve, or the noise is
Avorse in damp weather.
   Sulphur, if Carbo veg. does not  relieve, or the noise is
combined with great  sensitiveness to sounds, in which
case it ought to alternate with Aconite.
   Administration. — Either  of  the  aboATe remedies, if
selected, must be given, one dose (six glob.), on two suc-
cessive evenings, and then discontinued three days before
selecting another remedy, if no improvement has taken
place.
   Diet. — The usual homoeopathic diet. 
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          d. Hardness of Hearing.  Deafness.
  This complaint is  very frequent, and as it is often  com-
bined with other chronic  diseases of the ear,  it ought  to be
treated by a skillful  homoeopathic physician.  When it  is
of a recent date it may be cured easily, but  not so readily
when of long standing.   Sometimes  it  is caused by the
accumulation of earwax, in Avhich case have  it removed by
skillful hands.   If,  after such an  operation, great painful-
ness remains in the ear, put a feAv drops of Arnica solution
(two  drops  of arnica  tincture to  three  tablespoonfuls  of
water, Avell shaken), into the ear and lie down.
  If the earwax is  very hard to  remove, put, before its
removal, a few drops of warm milk  or  sweet oil into the
ear.
  If there is  a want of ear-wax,  or too great dryness of
the ear, give Carbo  veg., particularly after a  suppression of
fever and ague by  quinine, every other night  one dose
(four glob.) three times; then wait eight days, and, if  no
better, give Graphites, particularly after suppression of  an
habitual eruption, such  as tetter, or where there is a hum-
ming or thundering in the ears, especially  at night; give it
in the same manner as Carbo veg.   If no better after Graph-
ites, try Lachesis, Nitric  acid, and Petroleum, one  after the
other, in the same manner.
   If there  is  difficulty  of  hearing,  with running of  the
ears, select among the  remedies  prescribed  for this com-
plaint, especially Pulsat., Mercury, Sulphur,  and Calcarea
carb., to  be given in the  same manner as above.
   If it is in consequence of congestion to the head, give,
in  preference,  Belladonna,  Coffea, Nux  vomica,  Sulphur,
 Silicea,  commencing Avith the first,  evening and morning
one dose (four glob.), and wait two days before the next
one is given. 
RUNNING OF THE EARS--OT0RRHC3A.        159
  If it follows after acute eruptions, such as measles, etc.,
give,
  If after measles, Pulsat. and Carbo veg. ;
  If after scarlet fever, Belladonna and Hepar sulph. ;
  If after small pox,  Mercury and  Sulphur — every other
eA^ening a dose (six glob.) alternately, until better.
  If it is caused by a cold  in the head, or a  chill  of the
whole body, give the remedies for these  complaints (see
these articles), particularly,  however, Chamomile, Arsenic,
Lachesis, Mercury, Sulphur,  and Pulsat., in the same man-
ner as there prescribed.
  Sometimes hardness of hearing ensues after intermittent
fevers have been suppressed by the use of quinine ;  in this
case give Carbo veg.,  Pulsat., Sulphur, and  Calcarea carb.,
every week one  remedy,  on two  successive evenings, one
dose (six glob.) until better.
   If caused by the suppression  of chronic eruptions,  or
ulcers healed by salves,  give Sulphur or Antimon. crud.
(See "Eruptions.")
   If it is  from  swelled tonsils, give  Mercury, Staphysag.,
Nitric acid, and  Aurum, every week  one  remedy,  on two
successive evenings one dose (six glob.) until better.
   If caused by  the  suppression of a discharge  from  the
ears or nose, give Pulsat., Mercury, Lachesis, Belladonna,
and Hepar sulph., every two or three days one remedy,
(once a day a dose, four glob.), until better.
    N. B.   Do not use any  external  means, such  as oils,
however much they may be recommended.

          e. Running of the Ears.   ( Otorrhea.)
   A running of the  ears frequently remains after  the  in-
 flammation has subsided, and is then beneficial in diminish-
 ing local tension.  In such a case, continue the use of the
 remedies for "Inflammation of the  Ear;" after which it 
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AFFECTIONS OF THE EARS.
will generally soon disappear.   The principal remedies are
Pulsatilla, Mercury, and Sulphur.
   If it succeeds the measles, give Pulsatilla and Sulphur,
for  four days; each remedy on  two  successive evenings
(six glob, a dose.)
   If after scarlet fever, give Belladonna, Mercury, and He-
par sulph., in the same manner.
   If after small-pox, give Mercury, Lachesis, Sulphur, Cal-
carea carb.; each remedy for six or eight days (on two suc-
cessive evenings one dose ;  six glob.) until better.
   In regard to the quality of the discharged  substance,
give, if it is
   Purulent matter : Pulsat., Mercury, Hepar sulph., Calcarea
carb.
   Bloody matter: Pulsat., Mercury, Lachesis.
   Mucous liquid: Pulsat., Mercury,  Sulphur, Bellad., Cal-
carea carb.
   Very offensive matter: Mercury, Hepar sulph., Lycopodium,
Pulsat.,  Sulphur.
   Each of the above remedies, when indicated, for  six or
eight days (on tAvo successive evenings one dose—six glob.)
until better.
   The sudden suppression of a  running of the ear may
produce  dangerous consequences,  which must  be attended
to immediately.
   If, after such a suppression, the glands of the neck, or
in front of the ear, begin to swell or get hard, give Pulsat.,
Mercury, Bellad.;  if severe headache or fever ensues, give
Bellad.;  if not better in a few hours, Bryonia.   If the sup-
pression  is caused  by getting cold in damp weather, give
Dulcamara;  and if not better in three or four hours, Rhus
and Bellad., in alternation.
   If, after a  suppression, the testicles begin to swell, giA'e
Pulsat.,  Arnica, Mercury, Nux vom. 
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161
  Administration of the above  remedies, give every two
or  three  hours  a  dose (four  glob.),  alternately,  until
better.  If by these directions no  relief is obtained, con-
sult a homoeopathic physician.
  Diet and Regimen. — The same as in "Earache."

                 /.  Polypus of the Ear.
  These excrescences appear frequently, during a long con-
tinued running of the ear; particularly if accidental inju-
ries by ear-picks, etc., have taken place.   They either have
a small or broad basis, whence they grow to a size, so as
to fill up the whole internal ear.   They are not painful,  but
always discharge an  offensive mucous, and bleed easily
when touched.
   They are not so dangerous as they are annoying and ob-
stinate ; and require but a proper homoeopathic treatment,
by a skillful physician.  In no case is it advisable to extri-
cate them by force ; Ave have remedies which  will remove
them.   The principal medicine is Calcarea  carb., of Avhich
every  second  day, in the evening,  a dose  (six glob.) may
be  given, until medical aid can be obtained.
   If the polypus is very large, touch it tAvice a day with a
 solution of  the gum of  Opium, conveyed into the ear with
 a sponge.   Otherwise, keep the  ear  clean by frequent  in-
jections of milk and Avater.

            g. Foreign Substances in the Ear.
   Insects sometimes get into the ear; in such cases, drop
 sAveet oil into  the  ear.  This  kills the insect, and enables
 us to take it out easily.
   If a bean, or any thing that will swell, gets into the  ear,
 bend  the point of a large  and stout sewing needle a very
 little,  so as to form a fine hook;  enter the ear with it cau-
 tiously, without touching the walls of the ear, and press it 
162            affections of the ears.
into the side of the SAvollen substance, which is thus caught
by the hook, and may be slowly extracted.   After such an
operation, it is necessary to drop into the ear a few drops of
an Arnica solution (two drops of the Arnica tincture to two
tablespoonfuls of water, and  well shaken),  and internally,
Arnica and Pulsat., in alternation, every two or three hours
a dose (four glob.)   If there is great fever and delirium,
give Bellad., and Aconite, in  the same manner.
  If painfulness  still remains, give, in  a couple of days
afterward,  Sulphur,  evening and  morning a dose  (four
glob.) 
CHAPTER  IX.
      AFFECTIONS   OF  THE  NOSE.


      1.  Inflammation or swelling of the Nose.
  The nose, from its position and function, is exposed to a
great many diseases and injuries.
  a. External injuries, which may befal the nose, from the
slightest contusion to the severest blow or cut, require Ar-
nica internally,  every four or five hours a dose (four glob.),
and externally,  the same remedy in solution (twelve  drops
of the tincture to a teacupful of water, well mixed.)
  Arnica will also stop the bleeding caused by severe blows
and other injuries of the nose.
  b. Internal causes for inflammation and swelling of the nose
are scrofula, the abuse of ardent spirits and calomel, or the
congestion attending a cold.
  In  cases of scrofulous or erysipalatous  inflammation of
the nose, give
  Belladonna.  If the nostrils are swollen and sore ; with
heat, redness, and pain, outAvardly and inwardly, attended
with a burning, pricking, and dryness ; smelling sensitive,
or absent; pains as if bruised, on touching the nose ; give,
evening and morning a dose (four glob.) ; and if no better,
after two days, give
  Hepar sulph., in the same manner, until better; followed
by Mercury, in the same  manner; and if this does not re- 
164
affections of  the nose.
 lieAre, give Bryonia, followed by Rhus, in the same manner;
 particularly the latter, in cases of poisoning by Aveeds.
   When  caused by excessive use  of ardent spirits, give
 Lachesis,  Arsenic, Pulsat.,  Sulphur, Mercury, Bellad., and
 Calcarea  carb., one after the  other, in the same manner,
 until better.
   If caused by abuse of  calomel, give Aurum, Bellad.,
 Lachesis,  Hepar, in the same manner,  until better.
   If caused by cold, see " Cold in the  Head."
   Black spots frequently appear on the outside of the nose,
 for Avhich Sulphur, or  else Graphites, may be taken, on two
 successive evenings one dose (four glob.)
   For red spots : Phosphoric acid, in the same manner.
   When the end of the nose is red,  give Rhus  and Calca-
 rea carb.,  in the same manner.
   If the  redness  on the end of the  nose is copper-color,
 give Arsenic and Veratrum, in the same manner.
   When warts appear on the nose, give Caustic, eArery Aveek
 two doses (four glob.), and wash with the same externally,
 until better.
   Diet and Regimen must be strictly homoeopathic, as laid
 down in the introduction.

   2. Eruptions on the Nose. — Itching of the Nose.

                a. Eruptions on  the Nose.

   The eruptions on the nose are generally of a herpetic or
tettery character, and  require, for their radical and safe
 extinction, a long continued, careful,  homoeopathic  treat-
ment.   The use of  allopathic remedies, in the form of
salves and ointments, is, in the highest degree, dangerous,
and ought to be at once rejected ;  as  they may cause  the
disease  to disappear externally,  and fall on the eyes or
lungs.   It is much  better  to allow the  eruption to stay 
BLEEDING  of the NOSE--EPISTAXIS.        165
where it is (as it can do no harm there), than to endanger,
with its repression, the life of the patient.  To commence
its radical cure,  however,  give
  Rhus, if the  redness is on the point of the nose,  with
soreness to touch.
  Antimonium,  if  it is all over and around the nose,  with
soreness in the corners.
   Causticum,  if it is on the point of the nose.
  Nitric acid, if the eruption is tettery, with stinging in the
nose, as if from  splinters  on touch; itching sensation;
scabby eruption.
  Administration. — These remedies to be  given, eArery
three or four days  a dose  (six glob.), until better, or an-
other one is indicated.

                  b. Itching of the Nose
   Is merely a  symptom  of other diseases in the system;
particularly in children, where it indicates an irritation near
or below the navel, either from worms, inflammation of the
bowels, or swelling of the glands in the abdomen.
  For its  treatment, see these diseases.

        3. Bleeding of  the Nose.   (Epistaxis.)
   Some persons are subject to this complaint  constitution-
ally, sometimes relieving, often injuring them very much.
For weak lungs, with tendency to bleeding at the nose, ap-
ply immediately to a homoeopathic physician.   Meanwhile,
take Aconite and  Sulphur alternately, every three or four
days a dose (six glob.), until better,  or until four doses of
each are  taken;  afterward, if necessary,  Sepia and Carbo
veg., in the same  manner.   If the bleeding appears in fe-
males periodically,  every month, and  the menses  have
ceased, restore the latter by the proper treatment (see 
166             AFFECTIONS OF THE NOSE.

"Diseases  of Females"), and the former will cease of
itself.
  If it appears in the beginning of  a typhoid or other fever,
or irregularly during its period, it is not considered a very
favorable  sign;  but if  it appears  on the critical days of
such a fever (say the third, fifth, seventh, ninth, thirteenth,
eighteenth, or tAventy-first day), it  is thought to  be favor-
able, and ought not to be interfered Avith immediately (see
under  "Fevers"), except it becomes too profuse, when
China will give  relief.
  If it  results from  determination of blood to the head,
give Aconite and Bellad.,  as directed in " Congestion to the
Head."
  If it happens after a blow or cut of the nose, apply Ar-
nica, externally and internally, as stated under "Inflamma-
tion of the Nose."
  If it arises from the use  of spiritous liquors, give Nux
vom., every two or three hours a dose (four glob.)
  If it is from overheating, lie  quietly, with the head ele-
vated, and take Aconite and Bryonia alternately, every
hour  or thirty minutes  a teaspoonful, in solution  (twelve
glob, of each in separate teacups half  full of water.)
  If it is in  consequence of  great  exertion, give Rhus, and
 Carbo veg., in the same manner, until better.
  If it occurs mostly during the night,  give Rhus, Bryo-
nia, and  Bellad.,  alternately,  every  evening a  dose (six
glob.)
   If in  the  morning: Nux  vom., Bryonia,  Carbo veg., in
the same manner.
   If it occurs  on the  most  trivial occasion, after eating,
 etc., give Silicea, Sulphur, Sepia,  Calcarea carb.,  Graphites,
 Lycopodium, at intervals of  from  eight to ten days, each
 remedy for four weeks (six globules for a dose), to eradi-
 cate the disposition to it. 
COLD IN THE HEAD--CORYZA.
167
  Bleeding from the nose in children, from worms, requires
Cina and Mercury, in the same manner.   During the attack,
and to  allay the itching in  the nose, give Cina cc', every
two or three hours a dose (four glob.)
  If  it occurs during  a  cold in the head,  Pulsat. and
Arsenic will be necessary, alternately, morning and evening
a dose (six glob.) until better.
  If  persons are naturally weak, or rendered so by loss of
blood from the nose, give China in solution  (twelve glob.
to half a  teacupful of  water), every half hour or hour  a
teaspoonful until better, or afterward Ferrum, if necessary,
in the same manner.
  Externally use nothing but cold water or ice, on the root
of the  nose, keep perfectly  quiet,  and do not remove the
clots of blood from the nose, if they form themselves.
   Lint pressed tightly under the upper lip frequently stops
the severest bleeding of the nose.
   The diet must be of a cooling nature ; nothing should be
used in the least degree stimulating ; no meat.

            4. Cold  in  the  Head.  ( Coryza.)
   Influenza, catarrhal fevers, and colds on the lungs, gener-
 ally  commence with  affecting the mucous membrane of the
 nose, whence the disease descends into the larynx and bron-
 chia.  We will here treat only this diseased condition  of
 the   nose, which manifests  itself mostly by  sneezing, ob-
 struction, or running of the nose, with excoriations, head-
 ache, feverishness, and affections of the eyes.  If the dis-
 ease runs into  one  of the  above mentioned diseases, see
 their respectiAre chapters.
   Treatment. — In  all cases where  persons are  attacked
 with a cold in the head, first give  Nux vom. and Mercury,
 in alternation, every four or six hours a dose (four  glob.)
 for  tAventy-four hours; and  then, if not better, select one 
168            AFFECTIONS  OF THE NOSE.
from among the folloAving remedies, each of Avhich may be
given three times in twenty-four hours (four glob, in a dose.)
If the patient is better, Avait tAvo days without giving any
medicine, observing the diet, however; and  then  give a
dose of Sulphur  (four glob.) on two successive evenings,
which will complete the cure.
  Nux vomica must be given for the following symptoms:
either dryness and obstruction of the nose, Avith heaviness in
the forehead  and impatient humor ;  or running of the nose
in the morning, but  dryness in the evening or during the
night; with dryness of the mouth, and constipation of the
bowels ;  the patient feeling better when exercising or warm.
  Mercury.  Frequent sneezing, particularly when  coming
from the cool air into  a warm room, profuse running of the
nose, with swelling, redness, and excoriation of the nostrils;
itching, and  aching pains on pressing the  nose and cheek-
bones ; soreness and pains in  the  limbs, copious perspira-
tion at night;  great thirst;  patient feels  worse in  the
warmth, yet can not bear the cold.
  Hepar.  For persons Avho have already taken calomel,
or were not relieved entirely by the homoeopathic Mercury ;
or when  every exposure to cold air renews the complaint,
with a headache ;  worse by movement;  or where the cold
attacks only  one nostril.
  Euphrasia.  When,  with profuse  running of the  nose,
there is redness and  soreness of the eyelids, with profuse
flow of tears, and confused sensation in the head.
  Belladonna.   If Hepar  does not relieve,  or  when the
smell is  alternately too acute or too dull.
  Lachesis.  Frequent sneezing,  with  profuse running of
the nose, with swelling and excoriation of the nostrils and
lips: or else, obstruction of the nose, humming in the ears,
ill humor, constipation,  and unfitness for meditation.   Par-
ticularly after Nux vom. 
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169
  Arsenic.  Obstruction of the nose, alternately with pro-
fuse running and excoriation of the nostrils, with bleeding;
restlessness and sleeplessness  in  the  night;  a desire to
drink frequently, but  little at a time ;  feels better in a
warm air ; suits well after Nux vomica.
   Chamomile.   When cold is  caused by  suppressed per-
spiration, as is  often the  case  in  children, with feverish-
ness and drowsiness ; stupor ; one  cheek pale and cool, the
other red and hot;  soreness of the nostrils; cracked lips
and acrid, smarting mucous in the  nose.
   Pulsatilla.   When the patient loses  his appetite  and
smell, and the nose  secretes a yellowish,  thick, offensive
mucous, with heaviness  and confusion in the head; particu-
larly when toward  night and in the warmth of a room the
obstruction of the  nose  increases; feels better in the open
air, yet shivering ;  disposed to shed tears.  It is beneficial
before Lycopodium, and follows well after Chamomile.
   Lycopodium.   Obstruction of  the  nose,  especially at
night;  with the  sense of smell  too acute; tearing pain in
the forehead ; dryness of the mouth, without thirst;  consti-
pation of the bowels, with melancholy, sadness,  and whin-
ing mood.  Follows well after Pulsatilla or Lachesis.
   Sulphur.  Obstruction and dryness of the nose, or pro-
fuse secretion of thick,  yellowish, puriform mucous;  sneez-
ing ; blowing  of blood from the nose, with  excoriation and
soreness of the  nostrils;  worse in the night and  in wet
weather.

     Suppression of the Catarrh, or Cold in the Head.
   If the running stops  suddenly and headache ensues, give
Aconite a few doses, every two or three hours a  dose (four
glob.) ;  if not better, give Pulsat. and China, alternately,
every six hours a dose  (four glob.)  If hard breathing or
asthma ensues, give Ipecac, and Bryonia, every two hours
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AFFECTIONS OF  THE NOSE.
a dose (four  glob.), alternately, until better, or until three
doses of each are taken; and if not relieved give  Arsenie
and Sulphur, alternately, every four or six hours  a  dose
(four  glob.)  until better.  If the eyes  are affected,  give
Belladonna, Lachesis, and Hepar, in alternation, every six
hours a dose (four glob.) until better.   If inflammation of
the windpipe or  lungs  ensues, give Aconite and Bryonia,
alternately, in solution  (twelve globules in half a teacupful
of water), every  two hours a teaspoonful.
   If a  person is subject,  on  the slightest occasion,  to
cold in the head, bathe the neck and breast frequently in
cold water;  snuff cold water up into the nose when wash-
ing the face,  and take Silicea, every eight days a dose (six
glob.)
   N.  B. We would remark here  that in the treatment of
children,  where  it is difficult to  see the symptoms  with
sufficient clearness for the selection of a remedy, the alter-
nate use of Chamomile and Belladonna should be  adopted
in most cases, giving every three or four hours a dose  (two
glob.), which removes the cold.  If drowsiness sets in and
sleepiness, with eyes half open, the use  of Belladonna and
Hellebor. is preferable, given in solution, as in " Dropsy
of the Brain."   After  a few  days, Sulphur is frequently
necessary to complete the cure.
   Diet and Regimen. — If there  is fever, see the  appro-
priate diet in  " Fevers;" if without fever, the usual homoeo-
pathic diet.  During a  cold in the head, abstain from the
usual bathing on  feeling worse after it.

              5.  Ulceration in the Nose.

               (Catarrh.  Ozozna  narium.)

   This is a chronic disease, where  an ulcer  has  formed in
the upper  part of the  nose (extending  sometimes  to  the 
OZCSNA NARIUM--CATARRH.
171
frontal sinus), from which an offensive matter is discharged,
frequently mixed with blood;  as long  as  it  discharges
freely the accompanying pain is inconsiderable, but when
the ulcer  suddenly  stops  runnning,  feverishness ensues
with headache,  swelling  and redness of the nose, thirst,
etc.  All these symptoms cease as soon as the ulcer begins
to run again.  If  this disease  is located in the nose,  it
is called  ozaena narium; if in the cavity of the cheek bones,
ozozna antri Highmori.
  As both these  diseases are difficult to cure, being caused
by scrofulous or syphilitic disorders, it is necessary to con-
sult a homoeopathic physician;  yet  we will point out the
remedies with which the cure may be commenced.

              a.  Ozoena narium.   Catarrh.
   Treatment. — The  cure  may be commenced with Bella-
donna every second evening a dose (six glob.), particularly
in females ; continue this treatment for one week, followed
by Aurum, in the  same manner, and this followed by Mercury
if necessary, after which take Sulphur in the same manner.
  If, however, the  ulcer does not discharge,  and there  is
fever and  heat, give Belladonna and Aconite, alternately,
in solution (twelve globules in half  a teacupful of water),
every two hours a teaspoonful.

               b.  Ozozna antri Highmori.
  The same remedies  as  above, but  if there  are  severe
pains in  the  cheek bones, throbbing, splitting, or bursting,
give Arsenic in  solution, every two hours  a teaspoonful
until better.
  If the discharge is thick and yellow, give  Lycopodium,
every other evening a dose  (four glob.) until better.
  For a  chronic ulceration in the lower part of the nose, and
scabs on the nostrils, take Mercury,  Lachesis,  Calcarea, 
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affections of the nose.
Lycopodium,  Graphites,  Sulphur, each  remedy for two
weeks, every five days  a dose (six glob.) ;  after taking
one remedy in this  manner for two weeks, wait  one week
before the next  remedy  is  commenced.   Continue  this
treatment until better.
   Diet  and Regimen. — The usual homoeopathic  diet.
Frequent applications of cold water are recommended.

    6. Polypus of  the  Nose — Cancer of the Nose.
  The polypus of the nose is of frequent occurrence,  and
can be cured by the application of the homoeopathic medi-
cines, as, also, that  variety of this disease which consists
in the thickening or enlargement of the cartilages of the
nose.   As these disorders, however, require medical advice,
we merely mention  here such remedies as may commence
the treatment of  both varieties with equal propriety.
  Treatment. — Staphysag., Phosphorus, Calcarea, Silicea,
Sepia, each remedy (every five  days a dose, six glob.)
for three weeks, and then waiting one before the next rem-
edy is commenced, until better.
  Cancer in the Nose. — The treatment  of  this  disease
ought to be confined to the application of the  proper inter-
nal  remedies, as  the  cause of it  lies  in the  system.  By
applying early to  a homoeopathic physician it  is sometimes
cured, Avhile under the allopathic treatment a cure is never
effected.
  The cure may be  commenced with Arsenic and Sulphur,
in the same  manner as above,  under  " Polypus of the
Nose."
  Diet and Regimen. —As usual in homoeopathic treat-
ment of chronic diseases.

          7. Foreign Substances in the Nose.
  If a child has put a bean into its nose, let it draw in its
breath, then close its mouth, and  make it force the breath 
            foreign substances in the nose         173

out through the nose ; or tickle  the nose with a feather to
make it sneeze.  Sometimes the  bean can be pushed back
so as to fall into the mouth, or it can be  extracted with a
needle, the point of which  is turned  into a small  hook.
If this does not succeed, apply to a  surgeon.   After  the
operation  apply Arnica in water, as usual, and give  inter-
nally Arnica and Rhus, alternately, every six hours a dose
(four glob.)   In a couple of days give one  dose (four glob.)
of Sulphur. 
CHAPTER   X.
 AFFECTIONS OF THE FACE, LIPS, AND JAWS.

      1. Inflammation and Swelling of the Face.
           a. Erysipelas  of Face and Lips.
  For the treatment of this disease see " Erysipelas," under
the diseases of the skin.  The principal remedies are Bella-
donna, Lachesis, and  Rhus, to be given as there indicated.

               b.  Swelling of the Cheek,
  Caused  by toothache, is generally relieved by Chamo-
mile, Belladonna, and Mercury, in alternation, every three
hours a dose (four glob.), when the  swelling is red, hot,
and hard.
  Bryonia and Nux  vomica, in alternation, in the  same
manner, when it is pale.   If the swelling is very painful,
put a bread-and-milk poultice on it.   (See, also, "Tooth-
ache.")
  Diet and Regimen — As in fevers.

              2. Eruptions of the Face.
  The face is, in common with the nose, liable to eruptions
in the shape of pimples,  produced  by various  causes.
(See  " Inflammation and Eruptions  of the Nose,"  and
"Inflammation of  the Face.")
  For the pimples (acne rosacea) in drunkeness (commonly
called carbuncles), give Nux vomica, Lachesis, Arsenic, and 
          FACE-ACHE--NEURALGIA IN THE FACE.       175

Sulphur,  every eight days one  dose (six glob.) of one
remedy, and so on in alternation until better.   The  absti-
nence  from spiritous liquors  during this time and  after-
ward is, of  course, required.
  F'or pimples  in the face, as they appear often  in  young
people, give Belladonna, Hepar,  Carbo  veg. and Sulphur,
in the same manner.
  For all other eruptions, such  as  tetter,  etc.,  see their
respective heads, under " Skin Diseases."
  For crusta lactea, or milk crust, see "Diseases  of Chil-
dren."

        3. Face-ache — Neuralgia in the Face.

             (Prosopalgia— Tic douloureux.)
   When this disease has been of a long standing or  is con-
stitutional,  it requires medical advice and careful treatment
to eradicate it; but if of recent date the following reme-
dies  may be  used with benefit.   For  more information
look under the head of "Toothache," as the same reme-
dies there stated will be found to answer.
   It appears, generally, in paroxysms of severe pain under
the eye and in front of the  ear; shooting over the other
 parts of the face, most generally on  one side only, and
 sometimes  accompanied with spasmodic twitchings of the
 facial muscles.
    We give first the principal medicines  in the different
 kinds of face-ache, and afterward their details, which must
 be read before a selection is made.
    a. For face-ache of an inflammatory character (heat,
 redness of the face and thirst) : Aconite,  Bryonia, Bella-
 donna, Thuja, Chamomile, Nux vomica.
    b.  For  rheumatic or face-ache  from  cold:  Chamomile,
 Bryonia, Belladonna, Mercury, Pulsat., Spigelia. 
 176     AFFECTIONS OF THE FACE, LIPS, AND JAWS.

   c. F'or gouty (arthritic) face-ache: Colocynth, Rhus, Spi-
gelia.
   d. For purely nervous face-ache (neuralgia in the  face,
tic  douloureux) : Belladonna,  Phosphorus, Capsicum,  Spi-
gelia, Platina, Hyoscyamus.
  e. For face-ache from abuse of mercury : Carbo veg., Hepar.
   Symptomatic Detail. — Aconite.    Redness  and  heat
of the face, with crawling pains on one side, or pains as
from ulceration; swelling of  the cheek or jaws;  feverish
heat, thirst, great exasperation, with agitation and tossing.
  Belladonna.   Pain  following the nerve under the eye,
and easily excited by rubbing that part; or tearing, shoot-
ing pains in the bones, jaws, or cheekbones ; rigidity of the
nape of  the neck ;  twitching of the eyelids;  spasmodic
jerks of the facial muscles and distortion  of the  mouth ;
heat and redness of the face  ; chilliness and feverishness
at the same time.
  Bryonia.   Red face, burning hot, with swelling on  one
side, or under the eyes and on the root of the nose ; press-
ing pains in the face, relieved by external  pressure ; pains
in the limbs ; chilliness followed by fever ; thirst; tongue
coated yellowish.
  Carbo veg. Tearing and drawing in the cheek bones ; swell-
ing of  the  cheeks and face; night sweats ; great weakness.
   Colocynth.  Tearing and shooting pains,  more on the left
side of the face, extending into the  head, temples, nose,
ears,  and teeth, with swollen  face;  or  when  the pains
increase at the slightest touch.
   Chamomile.   Puffed and swollen face, with  hardness,
bluish color, and beating of the cheek ; one cheek  red, the
other pale; spasmodic twitchings of  the facial  muscles ;
greatly excited and  sensitive,  or  drowsy  with  feverish
inquietude ;  shivering, with  internal heat;  desire to  lie
down and not be exposed to fresh air, particularly the wind. 
FACE-ACHE--NEURALGIA IN THE FACE.       177
   Capsicum.   Pains in the  bones of the face, Avorse  by
being touched, and when going to sleep ;  feeling of  numb-
ness of the  check bone.
   Hepar.   Pains in the bones of the face; worse by touch,
and extending into the  ears and temples ; heat in the face
during the night.
   Hyoscyamus.   Pressing or cramp-like pains in the cheek
bones.
   Mercury.  Tearing or shooting pains  on one side, from
the temples to the teeth ; worse at night and in the warmth
of the bed ; too much saliva in the mouth and  perspiration
without bringing relief; sleeplessness.
   Nux vomica.  Tearing and draAving pains, with swollen
cheeks ; redness of one or both cheeks ; tingling in the face
with beating in the muscles of the face ; worse by medita-
tion and from wine or coffee.
   Phosphorus.   Tearing pains on  the left side ;  worse  by
moving the muscles of the face, when eating, etc.; also, by
contact.
   Pulsatilla.   Paleness alternated with redness of the face ;
convulsive motions in the face ; painful sensitiveness of  the
skin of the face, as if sore; shivering on one side  of  the
face ; no  thirst.
   Rhus.   Pressing, cutting pains in the cheek-bones ; with
heat and roughness of the skin  of the  cheeks;  follows
well after Bryonia.
   Platina.   Tingling, crawling pains, with numbness and
coldness of the cheek on one side; or spasmodic pain and
pressure in the cheekbone ;  worse in the evening, when it
generally  begins ; very nervous ;  melancholy ; with  red
face, and thirst.
    Spigelia.  Jerking, tearing, burning, and pressure in the
 cheek  bones;  worse by  touch  or motion ;  with  shining
          9* 
 178       AFFECTIONS OF THE FACE, LIPS, AND JAWS.

 swelling of the diseased part.   Appears at  a certain time
 of day; worse on stooping.
    Thuja.   Pain in the cheek bones, as if there was a
 boring; relieved  by touch;  spasmodic twitching of the
 Jips ;  follows well after Belladonna; heat in the face, tran-
 sitory ; with perspiration in the face.
    Administration. — Dissolve twelve globules of a rem-
 edy in half a teacupful of water, and give  every hour a
 teaspoonful, until three  teaspoonfuls are  given,  or the
 pain is relieved; then discontinue for  two hours ;  after
 which, give the next remedy,  if necessary.   If, on giving
 Belladonna, it relieves, but not entirely, give  afterward a
 couple of doses of  Belladonna cc', until better.
   N. B. In very severe cases of neuralgia  in the face  I
 have seen the  most beneficial effects from tincture of Acon-
 ite (three  drops to half a teacupful of water, every fif-
 teen  or twenty minutes a teaspoonful); in such cases its
 external application  on the parts principally  affected  is
 also recommended.  Otherwise, apply nothing externally
 but hard pressure of  the finger, under the eye,  on the
 cheek bone, where the facial nerve lies, which often dead-
 ens the pain ;  also, coldwater bandages.
   Diet  and   Regimen. — The usual  homoeopathic  diet.
 Abstain, even  in  health, from  coffee and tea,  and bathe
 frequently.

 4. Warts and Spots on the Face.—Cancer of the Face.
   For warts on the face, use first the remedies stated in the
 article on warts, under  " Skin  Diseases;" and if these do
not succeed, use  Caustic, Dulcamara, and  Sepia;  each
remedy internally for four weeks, every week one dose
(six glob.), and externally, wet the warts  every evening
with a solution of the  same remedy (three glob, in a few
drops of water.) 
paralysis of the  face and  jaw.        179
   Spots, yellow (hepatic), on  the  face, require principally
the use of Sulphur and Sepia, in the same manner as above.
   Cancer of the  face : see the remarks and treatment of
" Cancer of the Neos."
   Diet. — The usual homoeopathic diet in chronic diseases.

          5.  Paralysis of the  Face and Jaw.
   In this disease, the  muscles of the  face have lost their
power to act and be moved by the will; consequently, the
affected part of the face or Jaw hangs down;  it mostly re-
sults from attacks of apoplexy, rheumatism, loss of fluids,
and  consequent debility,  or suppression  of  an  eruption.
For  more details, see  the article, "Paralysis or Palsy."
If it appears in  an aggravated form,  it must be treated
by a physician; however, commence its treatment with the
following remedies:  Belladonna, Graphites, and  Caustic,
every six or eight days one remedy, every other  day one
dose (six glob.),  until better.
  In paralysis of the jaw (hanging jaw), Dulcamara, Ar-
senic, and Lachesis, in the same manner.  Beside,  apply
cold water, electricity, or galvanism, at the same time, if
the patient is relieved by it.                                      I
  Diet, as usual in chronic diseases.                              i
                                                               i
         6. Lockjaw.  (Trismus.)  See page 22. 
CHAPTER   XI.
AFFECTIONS  OF  THE  TEETH, GUMS,  MOUTH.


             1. Toothache.  ( Odontalgia.)
  The proper culture of the teeth is important, in regard
to health  and comfort; and, as they form a part of the
digestive system, their soundness depends a great  deal on
the healthy state of the stomach and bowels ; consequently,
whatever may derange these organs, will act more  or  less
injuriously on the teeth, and ought to be guarded  against.
The extremes of  hot and cold drinks should be avoided,
and the teeth kept scrupulously clean ;  the best method for
doing this is to brush them gently with cold water and a
soft brush.  All medicated tooth-powders are more or less
injurious.   If tartar  adheres to the teeth, have it cautiously
scraped off,  by a  competent person ;  and if any damage  is
visible, externally, consult  immediately a  skillful dentist;
as he  can easily  repair it,  while an unskillful  practitioner
makes  the evil worse.  We can not be too careful in the
selection of a dentist.
   If habitually predisposed to  toothache, consult a homoe-
opathic physician, who will be able  to eradicate this com-
plaint, which has either a scrofulous or rheumatic  basis.
   But to commence such a cure: if the  toothache is re-
cent, from cold, etc., take some of the following remedies,
which may afford speedy relief. 
TOOTHACHE--ODONTALGIA.            181
  Treatment. — In most cases of toothache, try first the
following  remedies, in this  order:  Chamomile, Bryonia,
Mercury, Sulphur,  if the patient is a male ; and
   Chamomile,  Belladonna, Mercury,  and  Sulphur, if a
female or child.
  Give, according to the severity of the pain, from one  to
six hours a dose (four glob.), alternately,  until better.  If,
hoAvever,  among the remedies  given  below, one is found
which will suit exactly, give this first of all.
  In administering the following medicines, be careful  not
to give another one, when the remedy  previously given has
already afforded some relief; let it then have time to show
its effect; say, from one to six hours.  Do not use creo-
sote, and other medicines, such as opiates ; as they are very
injurious to the general health, and to the teeth especially.
  Neither allow the teeth to be extracted so very readily;
as frequently it does not relieve, and can  be obviated alto-
gether, by the  use of one of the following remedies.   Se-
lect  with care,  and give as a dose, four globules at a time.
  Before taking any medicine, cleanse the mouth of  every
thing which may have been  used  previously ; particularly
of those things which have a smell, such  as  creosote, etc.
   The principal remedies recommended  in this article for
toothache are the following:
  Belladonna,  Chamomile, Mercury, Nux vom., Pulsatilla,
Sulphur, Bryonia, China,  Hyoscyamus,  Ignatia,  Rhus,
Staphysag., Aconite, Carbo veg., Coffea, Hepar, Sepia, Sili-
cea,  Dulcamara.
   Before we give their detailed symptoms, Ave will state a
feAv  general indications, which are of great service in se-
lecting the proper medicine.
   First, look under the general indications, and on finding
there a head applying to the case, select from among them
the  proper remedies  by reading  their detailed  symptoms
beloAV, and comparing them with the present attack. 
 182    AFFECTIONS OF THE TEETH, GUMS, AND MOUTH.

   General  Indications. — Toothache in children :  Acon-
 ite, Belladonna, Chamomile, Coffea, Ignatia.
   In  females:  Aconite, Belladonna,  Chamomile,  China,
 Coffea, Bryonia, Ignatia, Pulsatilla,  Sepia.
   In young girls of full habit:  Aconite, Belladonna.
   At the time of the menses :  Carbo veg., Chamomile, Pul-
 satilla, Bryonia.
   During pregnancy:  Belladonna,  Nux  vom., Pulsatilla,
 Staphysag., Rhus.
   During nursing:  China.
   In hysterical females : Ignatia, Sepia, Belladonna.
   In sensitive and  nervous persons :  Aconite, Belladonna,
 Coffea, Hyosciamus, Ignatia, Nux vom.
   When  caused by abuse  of coffee:  Chamomile,  Ignatia,
 Nux vomica.
   Of tobacco:  Bryonia, China,  Chamomile, Hepar.
   Of mercury or calomel : Carbo veg., Hepar, Pulsat., Sul-
phur.
   When  in  consequence of a chill:  Aconite, Belladonna,
 Chamomile, Coffea, Dulcamara, Ignatia, Mercury, Nux vom.,
 Pulsat.
   When caused by damp and cold air: Nux vom.,  Pulsat.
   If it is of  a rheumatic nature : Chamomile, Mercury, Bry-
 onia, Bellad., Sulphur, Pulsat.,  China, Rhus.
   Of a nervous nature : Bellad.,  Coffea, Ignatia, Chamomile,
Nux vomica, Hyosciamus, Sulphur.
   Of  a congestive nature : Aconite,  Bellad.,  Chamomile,
 China, Pulsat.,  Hyosciamus.
   In  carious teeth:  Mercury, China,  Pulsat., Staphysag.,
 Chamomile, Bryonia, Silicea, Sulphur.
   With affection of the  bones of the face: Mercury, Sul-
phur.
   With pains up to the eyes :  Pulsatilla.
   To the  ears:  Chamomile, Mercury, Pulsat., Sulphur. 
TOOTHACHE--ODONTALGIA.             183
   To the head:  Chamomile, Mercury, Nux vomica, Pulsa-
 tilla, Sulphur.
   With a swelled face:  Chamomile, Mercury,  Nux vomica,
 Pulsat., Bryonia, Sepia.
   With swelled gums : Aconite, Bellad., China, Hepar, Mer-
 cury, Nux vomica, Sulphur.
   With swelled submaxillary glands :  Carbo veg., Mercury,
 Nux vom., Staphisag.
   Symptomatic Detail.—Aconite.  Feverishness, with great
 anxiety and  restlessness, intense  beating pains, with con-
 gestion to the head and intense burning in the face, which
 is swollen,  and  very painful.  Belladonna, Bryonia,  and
 Chamomile  suit very  well  after it; or in alternation with
 Coffea, if the pain is intolerable (see Coffea.)
   Belladonna.  Great anguish and restlessness, or excessive
 sadness, with tendency to shed tears;  sensation of ulcera-
 tion in the  teeth and gums;  drawing, tearing, incisive, or
 shooting pains in the  teeth, face, and ears,  aggravated in
 the evening, after lying down  at night; bleeding of the teeth
 on sucking  them; swelling  of the  cheek; dryness  of the
 mouth and throat, with great  thirst;  worse in the open  air
 and when eating ;  heat and redness of the face, with beating
 in the head and cheeks ;  burning and redness  of the eyes.
   After it Mercury,  Hepar,  Chamomile, Pulsatilla, suit.
   Chamomile.    Violent  jerking,  drawing,  and shooting
 pains,  almost insupportable; worse at night, when the pa-
 tient is warm in bed; with swelling and redness of the
 cheeks and irritability of mind; disposition to cry, during
 the  pain; sAvelling of the gums ; enlargement of the sub-
 maxillary glands ; oftener on one side, or without knowing
 Avhich teeth ache most.  Shooting or pulsative pains in the
head, ears, and face ;  worse after drinking any thing hot or
cold; particularly after drinking coffee;  one cheek red, the 
184   AFFECTIONS  OF THE TEETH,  GUMS, AND MOUTH.

other pale ;  violent agitation, and tossing about;  yet great
weakness, almost to  fainting.
  After it, Bryonia,  Mercury, Coffea, Sulphur, Belladonna,
folloAv well.
   Coffea.   Violent pains, during Avhich the patient is utterly
distracted;  with trembling, tears, tossing and  agitation (in
alternation  with Aconite.)   Indescribable pains; worse at
night, or after a meal.
  After it, Aconite, Belladonna, Hyosciamus,  Sulphur, suit
well.
   Carbo veg.   DraAving, tearing, or beating pains  in  the
teeth, with  painful tendency to the touch, especially after
eating; the gums bleed easily ; Avith a feeling of ulceration
and looseness of the teeth ;  worse in damp weather, or Avhen
hot,  cold, or salted things, are put into  the mouth ; or when
Mercury has not relieved the pains.
   China.   When debilitated by loss of fluids, as after hav-
ing been bled, or  during nursing, etc.;  or when the pain is
beating, drawing,  jerking ;  dull pain in carious teeth ; worse
after eating ; at night, or when touched ; mitigated by pressing
and  clinching the  teeth.
   After it,  Mercury, Pulsatilla, Sulphur.
   Bryonia.  Pains in carious teeth, and in the gums, as if
sore and excoriated, with the  feeling as if the  teeth were
loose ; jerking and drawing pains, with a sensation as if the
teeth were loose or too long, but are not so;  especially
when eating,  or  after a meal; the pains  force  one to lie
down;  are worse at night; or on taking any thing hot into
the mouth ; also Avhen lying on the side affected.  It  suits
Avell after Chamomile, or before Mercury;  also, in alterna-
tion with Rhus, in those toothaches which are caused either
by Avet weather, or  accompany bilious rheumatic  attacks.
 (See this article.)
   Dulcamara.   In  toothache accompanied by  diarrhea, 
TOOTHACHE--ODONTALGIA.
185
from cold or from a chill; suits  well  in  such cases after
Chamomile, when that remedy has proved insufficient; also,
in cases of toothache from cold, where it  has befallen the
saliva glands, with salivation ;  where Belladonna and Mer-
cury have proved insufficient.
  Hepar.  Suits well for persons who have taken a great
deal of mercury; and  when the  toothache precedes the
formation of gum-boils ; in this  case, in  alternation with
Silicea ; besides, it is suitable after Mercury or Belladonna,
when there are painful or erysipelatous swelling of the cheek,
or jerking and drawing pain in the teeth ;  worse on clench-
ing the teeth, when eating, in a warm room, or at night.
  Hyosciamus.   The pains, when this remedy should be
used, are very violent;  tearing; pulsation from the  cheek
to the forehead, after taking cold, or in the cold air, with
congestion to the head; red and hot face ; clenching  of the
teeth ; convulsive jerkings of the fingers, hands, or  arms ;
great nervous excitability; red and brilliant eyes, looking
around  wildly;  pains  are so  violent  as  to almost cause
raving.
  Ignatia.  In persons  of a sensitive temperament,  yet of
a mild character; or, now lively and gay, and soon after,
disposed to weep.   The toothache  for which this remedy
should  be used, is  distinguished by a  sensation as  if the
teeth were broken ; caused by taking  cold ;  by depressing
mental suffering; or when pains  are worse after drinking
coffee or smoking tobacco;  after lying  down, or in the
morning on  waking.  It suits well after Chamomile, Nux
vomica,  or Pulsatilla.
  Mercury.  One of the  principal remedies for toothache
in children, or when there are shooting pains in the carious
teeth; and tearing  pains in the roots  of the  sound  teeth,
through  the whole  side of the face,  into the ears; with
swelling of the cheek ;  painful on touch; swelling  of the 
186   AFFECTIONS  OF THE  TEETH, GUMS, AND  MOUTH.

submaxillary glands; salivation;  worse at night; but  par-
ticularly so, even insupportable,  in the warmth of the  bed;
the pains are excited by cool and damp air, or by eating  or
drinking any thing cold.   It suits well  after Belladonna  or
Dulcamara; or before Hepar, Carbo veg., or Sulphur.
  Nux vomica.  Especially in persons who lead a  seden-
tary life, or indulge  habitually in coffee or ardent  spirits;
pain as  from excoriation, or jerking, drawing, particularly
in the carious teeth ; swollen and painful gums, with pulsa-
tion as in an  abscess; worse at  night, in  the morning  on
waking, after dinner, or during a walk in the open air ;  irri-
table, quarrelsome,  and peevish  temper, with tendency to
constipation and  piles.   It  suits well before Mercury  or
Sulphur.
  Pulsatilla.  Especially in  persons of a mild, quiet, and
timid character, with tendency  to  shed tears ; toothache
from cold,  with  earache  and  headache on  one  side, mostly
on the  left; tearing,  shooting,  or  jerking pain, as if the
nerve were tightened and suddenly  relaxed ; pulsation ; gnaw-
ing pain, with pricking in the gums; pains  extending  to
the face, head, eyes, and ears, mostly on one side, with pale-
ness of the  cheeks, heat in the head, shivering in the  body
and difficulty of breathing; worse in the afternoon  or eve-
ning, or else  after midnight;  aggravated when warm  in
bed or Avhen seated in a warm room ; mitigated by cool air or
when out of doors.   It suits well before or after Mercury or
before Sulphur.
  Rhus.   Particularly in rheumatic toothache in wet  wea-
ther, with  pains in the extremities and head, shivering and
restlessness ; in such  cases  in  alternation with Bryonia.
(See this remedy.)   Or  tearing, jerking, shooting, tingling
pains, worse in  the  open air or  at  night, when it  renders
the patient very restless ; mitigated by external heat.  It
suits well after Belladonna. 
CART0US TEETH.
187
  Sepia.  Pulsative and shooting pains  extending into the
ears and arms as far as the fingers ; tendency to sick head-
ache ;  constipation and piles.   It  suits well after  Bella-
donna.
  Silicea.   Shooting pains, with swelling of the jaw-bones,
which ache rather  worse than the teeth ; worse in the
night; fistulas or gumboils.   It suits well after Mercury or
Hepar.
   Sulphur.  Tearing, jerking,  and pulsative pains, particu-
larly in the carious teeth, with swelling of  the cheek ; con-
gestion and beating in the hea.d; shooting pains in the ears;
constipation with tendency to piles ; the toothache is worse
in  the  evening or at night, when  warm  in bed or being
exposed to the open air or a current of air ; also from cold
water.   It suits well after Aconite  or Mercury.
    Staphysag.  When the toothache affects carious teeth, or
the teeth become so, and break off easily, with paleness,
whiteness, ulceration, swelling, and  tenderness of the gums;
 worse immediately after eating or  drinking anything  cold,
 or by inhaling the cold air ;  also in the morning or at night.

        2. Caries of the  Teeth.  (Carious  Teeth.)
    For pains in carious teeth the principal remedy is Anti-
 mon., Chamomile, or else  Staphysag., Nux  vomica, Mercury,
 China,  Pulsatilla, and Sulphur.   Give of these every three
 or six hours a dose (four glob.) until relieved.
    For a disposition to caries in the teeth, give first Staphy-
 sag., then  Sulphur, then Calcarea carb.,  every week two
 doses of one remedy, commencing with the first, each dose
 six globules.
    Beside this treatment  consult  a good dentist, as  teeth
 may  frequently be saved  by a  simple operation,  which
 without it would decay in a short time. 
188    AFFECTIONS OF THE TEETH, GUMS AND MOUTH.
                  3. Offensive Breath.

   If it is from carious teeth, consult  a good dentist imme-
 diately ;  or, if that  is  impossible, clean out the hollow
 teeth  yourself,  with  cotton  or  rolls  of paper, and fill the
 cavities with wax.
   Offensive breath, caused by neglect in cleaning the teeth
 from tartar or particles of food attached to them after eat-
 ing, can be removed only by the most careful attention to
 rinsing the mouth frequently and using the brush freely.
   Sometimes  offensive breath is a symptom of other dis-
 eases, such as swelling and inflammation of the  gums and
 glands from the abuse of Mercury.  (See  this article.)
 Where it can not be traced  to any particular cause, how-
 ever, try to relieve the patient by giving the following rem-
 dies:
   If it appears only in the morning,  give  Arnica,  Nux
 vomica, Belladonna, Silicea, Sulphur.
   If after a meal, Chamomile, Nux vomica, Sulphur.
   If in the evening or at night, Pulsatilla, Sulphur.
   If in young girls at the age of puberty, Aurum, Pulsat.,
 Sulphur, Bryonia, Belladonna, Sepia.
   Administer every evening of  one of the above remedies
 indicated one dose (six glob.) for one or two  weeks, when
 another remedy may be selected, if necessary.
   N. B. The smell caused by onions, garlic, or horse-rad-
 dish, may be destroyed by taking a little  wine, or eating a
 pear or boiled beets.

             4.  Bad Taste in the Mouth.

   A great many  diseases, such as fevers and disorders  of
the stomach, have a bad taste in the mouth as an accompa-
nying symptom, which will disappear with the principal com-
plaint ; this must be looked for in the  proper chapters; but 
INFLAMMATION AND SWELLING OF THE TONGUE.    189
sometimes it appears as a solitary symptom, for which the
following remedies may be given.
  Administration. — Take one dose (four glob.) of the
appropriate medicine once a day for a couple of days, which
is generally sufficient.   If very bad take two or three times
a day.
  Taste : Insipid—Bryonia, Rhus, Dulcam.; if after drink-
     ing, China ; if after a meal or in the evening, Thuja.
   Coppery— Cuprum, Rhus,  Cocculus.
  Earthy — China, Pulsatilla, Sulphur.
  Metallic—Lachesis, Mercury,  Nux vomica.
  Mucous or slimy—Mercury,  Chamomile, Pulsatilla, Lyco-
     podium, Belladonna, Rhus.
  Putrid—Arnica, Bryonia, Rhus, Sulphur, Nux  vomica,
     Mercury,  Pulsatilla, Sepia.
   If  worse in the  morning — Rhus,  Nux  vomica,  and
     Sulphur.
  If after a meal—Rhus.
  Bitter,  bilious—Bryonia, Pulsatilla,  Arnica,  Antimon.
     crud., Chamomile.
   Acid—Pulsatilla,  Mercury,  Nitric acid, Sepia,  Sulphur.
   Sweetish—Mercury, Pulsatilla, Sulphur.
   Saltish—Mercury, Nux vomica, Tartar emet., Arsenic,
     Carbo veg.
   For loss of  taste—Belladonna, Hepar, Bryonia, Phospho-
     rus, Silicea, Natrum muriat.

 5. Inflammation and Swelling of the Tongue. ( Glossitis.)
   This disease  is not of frequent occurence.  When it
 appears the tongue is swollen, either in part or wholly, often
 to a great extent, so as to fill the whole cavity of the mouth,
 thereby rendering it extremely difficult to speak, swallow,
 or even breathe.  The disease,  if not checked in time by
 the proper homoeopathic remedies, frequently runs into sup- 
 190    AFFECTIONS OF THE TEETH, GUMS, AND MOUTH.

 puration or hardening of the substance of the tongue, after
 which the fever, which is generally very intense during the
 height of the inflammation, gradually subsides, or it termi-
 nates in gangrene of the tongue and surrounding parts.
   Causes. — This disease is  mostly caused by local  inju-
 ries,  such as from the points of decayed teeth, the sting of
 a bee, or by rheumatic and catarrhalic influences.
   Treatment. — In the commencement of the disease, if
 the tongue has been  injured externally, give Arnica, rins-
 ing the mouth with a solution  of ten drops of the tincture
 to a  teacupful  of water three or four times  a day.  If
 injured by burning or scalding, give  Urtica urens, in a sim-
 ilar manner.
   But  if real inflammation of the substance sets in, and
 there is great fever, give  first Aconite, in solution (twelve
 globules in half a teacupful of water),  every hour  or two
 a teaspoonful until better.
   Mercury is  almost  a specific after Aconite, particularly
 when there is great swelling and  heat of the tongue and
 surrounding  glands;  it may be given  either alone, every
 three or four hours a dose (four glob.),  or alternately with
 Belladonna, if the mouth is very dry and the pain excess-
 ive, with great thirst and congestion to the head.
   Pulsatilla  is beneficial in cases caused  by suppression
 of gouty, or hemorrhoidal affections.
   If indications of gangrene appear Arsenic  and  Lachesis
 are the princfpal remedies, alternately to be given as above
 in Belladonna and Mercury.
   If ulceration of the tongue takes place, see " Ulcers."
   Diet and Regimen — As in fevers.

        6.  Canker of the Mouth.    (Stomacace.)
   This disease consists in an inflammation and ulceration
of the inside of the mouth and surrounding parts, preceded by 
CANKER OF THE  MOUTH.              191
general lassitude, loss of appetite, gastric derangement and
feverishness.  The local affection soon makes its appear-
ance  with heat,  redness, and  sensitiveness  of the  gums,
which swell, become spongy, and retract from the teeth ;
presently small ulcers appear  on the  gums, spreading to
the lips, tongue, palate, and inside of the cheeks, smelling
very offensively.
   Sometimes  the  glands  of  the throat and  mouth  swell
and participate in the inflammation, secreting large quanti-
ties of a putrid, acrid  saliva, which runs constantly from
the mouth.   In such a state the patient looks like one who
has been deeply salivated by the abuse of mercury ; we find,
also, the same weakness and feverishness.
   Treatment. — Mercury must be given first, as it is almost
the specific in this  disease, but not, of course, in those cases
which have been produced by its own abuse ;  in such cases
see " Diseases from the abuse of Mercury."
   Administration. — Dissolve twelve globules in  half a
teacupful of water, and give  every three or four hours a
teaspoonful until four or six are taken ; if  better the patient
needs no more medicine ; if not  better or about the same,
select one of the following remedies, preparing and giving
it in the same manner  as the mercury.
   Capsicum  Particularly in phlegmatic persons with a full
habit,  leading a sedentary life; or where there are burning
blisters or vesicles on the tongue, and swelling of the gums.
    Dulcamara.   Where the  patient has  taken cold, or
where the glands of the neck participate, feel  sore, and  are
swollen.
   Arsenic  Ulceration on the margins of the tongue, with
violent burning pain ;  swelling and easy bleeding of  the
gums; great debility and restlessness, with a desire to drink
frequently but not much at a time. 
192    AFFECTIONS OF THE TEETH, GUMS, AND MOUTH.

  Borax.   Ulceration  of  the gums  with thrush in  the
mouth and  on the  tongue;  bleeding easily, particularly
in children.
  Administration.— See "Thrush" in "Diseases of  Chil-
dren."
  Carbo veg.   Ulceration  of the  gums  and tongue, Avith
profuse bleeding; burning sensation,  and excessive  fetid-
ness of the ulcers,  and difficult movement  of the  tongue.
It suits well after Arsenic, or  where  Mercury has caused
salivation.
  Nitric acid.  If Mercury has proved inefficacious,  or if
the gums are swollen, look whitish  and bleed easily with
looseness of the teeth ; excoriations in the mouth ; saliva-
tion and a, putrid odor of the mouth.
  Nux vomica.  In  the worst  cases, and then in alterna-
tion Avith Arsenic;  principally in lean persons, who lead a
sedentary life ; or where there is putrid and painful  swell-
ing of the gums ; fetid ulcers cover the whole inside of the
mouth, Avhich smells very offensively ;  the face looks discol-
ored, with hollow cheeks, dull eyes ; emaciation; consti-
pation and irritability.
   Sulphur.   At the end  of the  cure,  or when there is
swelling of  the  gums with pulsative pains ; thrush in  the
mouth and on the tongue ; blisters which burn when eat-
ing ;  offensive and  sour smell from the mouth, with a
thickly coated, whitish or brownish tongue ; constipation,
or  greenish, slimy evacuations ; restlessness at night.   It
suits well after Arsenic, Mercury,  or Nux vomica.
  Externally  use nothing  but cold water, with which  the
mouth should be  frequently  washed;   sometimes lemon
juice or sage tea is beneficial, at least is not objectionable,
when their use can be borne.
   Diet. — Only the mildest nourishment,  such as gruels,
milk and water, etc., is allowed; no meat or soup of meat
until the patient is decidedly convalescent. 
SCURVY.--SCORBUTUS.
193
            7. Inflammation of the Palate.
  See "Sore Throat."

8.  Abscess in the Gums. — Gumboils. — Swelling of the
                       Jaw-bone.
  Before an abscess in the gums,  or a gumboil,  is formed,
there is much  inflammation and  swelling  in  the parts
affected, which requires the use of Aconite and Belladonna in
alternation, every three or four hours a  dose  (four glob.),
until better;  or, if  not better after twelve hours,  Mercury
and Hepar in the same manner.  If the boil has formed,
give Silicea, evening and morning a dose (four  glob.),  for
three or four days; and if not better in eight days, give
 Calcarea carb., in the same  manner, and after this Staph-
asag.
   The same treatment is suitable for  swelling and ulcera-
tion of the jaw-bone, produced by carious teeth, or  after the
extraction of a tooth.
   Diet light, and according to the homoeopathic rules.

                9. Scurvy.   (Scorbutus.)
   This disease exhibits all the symptoms described  in  the
previous article, on "Canker of the Mouth."  It differs,
hoAvever, as regards its origin and progress, which is slow
 and chronic.
   The  real scurvy principally affects persons who  are in
circumstances which deprive them of  fresh provisions (such
 as  sailors), and  expose them  to  damp  and cold.  If,
 at the same time, there is want of exercise, impure air, and
 uncleanliness, together with depression of spirits, the dis-
 ease will progress rapidly.
   It  begins with  swelling of the  gums,  which become
 spongy, discolored,  and bleed  easily; producing fetid
        10 
 194   affections of the teeth, gums, and mouth.

breath ; afterward the loAver extremities begin to swell, and
the skin shows tettery and livid spots;  face  looks lead-
colored and bloated;  urine  is  offensive, and the stools  are
extremely fetid; hemorrhages  from the  nose, teeth, tongue,
and the urinary  organs now  ensue; the general  debility
and melancholia increases, and ulcers make their  appear-
ance on various parts; after which, a  general  dissolution
of the system takes place.
   Treatment. — A great part of the cure of this disease
lies in the removal of its causes;  and this should be done,
if possible;  substituting fresh  provisions for salt; also,
fresh  fruits and vegetables,  oranges, lemons, cider, vinegar,
spruce beer,  sour-krout, etc.  Besides, give the following
remedies :
   Mercury.   If this has not already been used to excess in
the disease (in which case Carbo  veg. should commence the
cure), give it for  the following symptoms :
   Red, spongy, ulcerated,  and easily bleeding gums, with
burning pains at night; looseness of the teeth; the whole inside
of the mouth covered with aphthae or thrush ; fetid smell
of the mouth, and  ulcers;  profuse  discharge of offensive
or  sanguineous saliva; loose, scalding evacuations ; dark
red, fetid urine ; great exhaustion and  debility, Avith inex-
pressible feeling of  depression of body  and mind.
   Administration. — Dissolve twelve  glob, in  half a tea-
cupful of water,  and give every four or  six hours a tea-
spoonful, for six times; then discontinue the medicine  for
twenty-four or thirty-six hours, and, if improving, for a lon-
ger time ; if not, however, select the next best remedy.
   Carbo veg.   Particularly in persons who have taken much
mercury, or when there  are burning ulcers in the  mouth,
Avhich bleed profusely at times,  and discharge an  acrid,
fetid matter ; great Aveakness in body and mind. 
SALIVATION--PTYALISM.
195
  Nux vomica.   For the same symptoms as stated in " Can-
ker of the Mouth."  (See this  article.)
  Arsenic.  See " Canker of the Mouth."  Besides these
symptoms, it will mitigate  the  sufferings of the patient, in
the most severe  forms of this  disease ; ulcers are  either
very painful or not sensitive ; look dark and livid; so does
also the whole  skin, which is bluish,  cold, and extremely
dry;  extreme restlessness,  particularly at night.
  Nitric acid and Sulphur.   See " Canker of the Mouth."
  Administration of these remedies, the same as Mercury,
above.
  Diet. — As in " Canker of the Mouth."

              10.  Salivation.   (Ptyalism.)
   This disease is not always caused by the abuse of mer-
cury ; but frequently occurs after taking  cold, or  accom-
panies attacks of fever, such as  scarlet, etc.  Sometimes it
appears in diseases of  the  reproductive system,  as a crit-
ical discharge  by the  action of nature; and is then very
beneficial.
   Salivation (a profuse discharge of  saliva or  spittle) is
only a symptom of that disease  to which  it has given its
name.  The disease consists in  an irritation, swelling, and
inflammation of the glands of the  mouth and throat;  at
times, of the whole mucous membrane, which,  in health,
secretes  the necessary saliva.   It is evident and rational
that, in order to stop the salivation, Ave must remove the in-
flammation of the gland, or mucous membrane, by the  ap-
propriate remedies ; which, if  done,  will of itself reduce
the discharge of  saliva to its legitimate quantity.
   All astringents which will directly ^diminish salivation
are injurious ;  being only harmless  when  they produce no
effect.  Mild washes, or gargles, such as  milk and water, 
 196   affections of the teeth, gums, and mouth.

 may be used with benefit.   Depend,  however, principally
 upon the following remedies :
   Treatment. — If mercury or calomel is the cause, Hepar
 sulph., Lachesis, Belladonna,  Opium,  Carbo veg., Dulca-
 mara, Nitric acid, and Sulphur, in alternation, every six or
 twelve hours a dose  (four glob.), until  the patient feels
 relieved, if not of the quantity  of saliva discharged,  at
 least of the ill feelings generally experienced in the whole
 system.  If caused by cold,  the first remedy to be used
 is almost always Mercury; and if not better after twelve
 or twenty-four hours, give the above-named  remedies  in
 the same order.   If  salivation occurs in fevers, as  a crisis,
 do not interrupt its flow,  unless it becomes very weakening
 and dangerous, in which case use the above-named reme-
 dies.   Besides, compare  " Stomacace."
   Diet and  Regimen. — Diet of the mildest kind, gruels,
 milk and water,  rusks, crackers soaked in milk,  etc.; no
 meat.

             11. Paralysis of the  Tongue.
  Paralysis of the tongue is one of the symptoms by which
 apoplexy shows itself; and in that case can only be cured
 by the removal of the whole  disease.  See, in that case,
 "Apoplexy."   But where the disease has only palsied the
 tongue and made it  useless, give  Lachesis, if it is expe-
 rienced more in the left side of the  tongue, and Belladonna,
 if more on the right side.
   Besides,  Caustic,  Hyosciamus,  Opium,  Stramonium,
 Aconite, Sulphur,  in rotation, if necessary, one after the
 other, giving every two or  three days a dose (four or six
glob.), until improvement begins.
  Diet and Rkgimen. — The  usual  homoeopathic diet  in
 chronic diseases. 
STAMMERING.— swelling under the tongue.    197
12. Difficulty of Speech. — Stammering. — Stuttering.
  A person may lose his speech in consequence of spasms
or paralytic  strokes,  and if this is the  case  see their
respective chapters.   If it is the well-known stammering
or stuttering, medicines may be given to decrease the gen-
eral sensitiveness of the nervous system, and particularly
the nerves of speech.   Yet  the treatment must lie princi-
pally in acquiring such  habits  of speech as will  bring it
completely  within  the  control  of the speaker;  reading
aloud is of service, intonating every word,  and beating time
with  the fingers on  any thing near. - If this is  patiently
persevered  in for a length  of time, it will  overcome the
disease.   A  kind treatment by parents  and teachers is
necessary, particularly where lessons are to be repeated, or
messages received.
   For diminishing the general  sensitiveness of the nervous
system, give the following remedies, which will have, also,
a specific bearing upon the local disorder.
   Lachesis,  Belladonna,  Mercury, Sulphur, Stramonium,
Natrum muriaticum, Graphites.  Give each remedy  for six
weeks, every week one dose (six glob.), until better.
   Diet.—Abstain only from coffee and spices.

      13.  Ranula, or Swelling  under the  Tokgue.
   This disease consists in a swelling of the salivary glands
 under the tongue, where it  appears  as a bluish eminence,
 not painful, but in its final growth impeding speech mate-
 rially.
   The principal remedies  are Thuja, Mercury,  Calcarea
 carb., and Sulphur—each remedy to be given for six weeks,
 every week tAvo doses (six glob, each), until better.  These
 remedies may be used  at the same time externally,  by dis- 
198   affections of the teeth, gums, and mouth.
solving a few globules in a little water, and  keeping it in
the mouth for a minute once a day.
  Diet and Regimen.—Abstain from coffee and spices. 
CHAPTER  XII.
     AFFECTIONS  OF  THE  THROAT.

     Sore Throat. — Quinsy.   (Anginafaucium.)
               a. Common Sore Throat.
  This Avell-known disease  consists in an inflammation and
SAvelling of the back part of the throat, palate, and tonsils,
which impedes the respiration to a greater or less  extent,
and occasions fever.  It appears in different degrees of in-
tensity, from the  slightest irritation of the throat, which
vanishes  quickly, to the highest degree, the formation of
an abscess  in the  tonsils, or adjacent parts,  which is very
painful, and obstructs respiration to an alarming extent.
  The  following list of medicines will exhibit the different
degrees of intensity in the  symptoms,  according  to  which
the remedy must  be chosen.
  Treatment. — I Avill first remark here, that perhaps in
no disease are the  beneficial  effects of cold water so evi-
dent as in sore throat;  and advise, therefore, its use in the
beginning of this  complaint, if it is possible.
  In the  evening, when going to bed, put  a wet bandage
around  the throat, and cover  it with a  dry  cloth; re-
peat the same in the day time, if remaining Avithin doors ;
and at the same time select the proper homoeopathic reme-
dies, as the application of the cold water will not interfere
Avith the  action of the medicine. 
200           AFFECTIONS OF  THE THROAT.

  I would also advise sponging the throat and breast with
cold water, for persons who are habitually subject to quinsy,
in order to strengthen the weak parts.  This  ought to be
done regularly, every morning.
  Another precaution which such persons  ought to take,
is to  avoid, as much  as  possible, long-continued or loud
talking, particularly at times when the weather  is inclem-
ent, damp, and cold, producing colds and rheumatism.
  They should also  strictly avoid any irregularity in  diet
and habits, and take particular  care not to overload the
stomach.
  Administration of the following medicines. — Remem-
ber that the patient always ceases taking  any medicine, as
soon as he feels better, or is,  at  least, not Avorse.   In the
latter case, take the last appropriate medicine at longer in-
tervals, from time to time, until entirely relieved.
  Having selected a remedy, dissolve of it twelve globules
in half a teacupful  of water,  and  give  according to the
severity of the case ;  every  one, two, three, or six hours a
teaspoonful, until from three to six teaspoonfuls have been
taken, when either the patient is better, or another remedy
is needed;  if the latter,  prepare and give this one in
the same manner as above.
   If the patient can not swalloAv, let him keep the medicine
for a minute on the tongue, and then spit  it out again, as
the effect by that time is fully there ;  or give the medicine
dry on the tongue ; in which case, do not repeat it as often,
say every two, three, four, or six hours a dose (four glob.)
   Before giving the list of medicines  and their  symptoms,
I will state that in  the commencement  of most cases of
sore throat, Chamomile, Bryonia, and Belladonna, in alter-
nation, every four or  six hours a  dose, will  be found suffi-
cient,  if taken early.   If, however, the  disease still  pro-
gresses, select the more homoeopathic remedy from  among 
COMMON SORE THROAT.
201
the folloAving: Aconite, Belladonna, Bryonia, Rhus, Cham-
omile,  Lachesis, Mercury, Pulsat., Nitric acid, Dulcamara,
Ignatia,  Carbo veg., Nux vom., Capsicum, Hepar, Silicea,
Sulphur; or, if the angina (sore throat) is caused by the
abuse of mercury, look principally for Belladonna,  Carbo
veg., Hepar, Lachesis, Lycopodium,  Sulphur.
   Symptomatic  Detail.— Aconite.   Particularly if  at the
beginning the patient has much fever, heat, thirst, swallows
with pain  and difficulty; the  throat inside exhibits deep
redness, causing a pricking sensation,  worse when speaking.
   N. B. In inflammatory  affections of the throat, Aconite
ought  invariably to commence the treatment: after it  a
suitable remedy is
   Belladonna.   When there  are  excoriating  pains, with
sensation of scraping and  enlargement; generally a dry-
ness in the mouth and throat; when swallowing the pain
shoots into the throat and up to the ear ;  sometimes can not
swallow at  all; the  drink escapes  through  the  nostrils;
violent  thirst, Avith  dread of  drinking;  the  throat itself
inside   shows a  bright redness Avithout  much  swelling,
or a deep intense redness  with  considerable swelling  of the
tonsils, palate, and glands, with tendency to the formation
of abscess  or ulceration.   Sometimes much  slimy, whitish
mucous in the mouth  and throat; SAvelling of  the muscles
and glands of the neck and nape of the neck, with violent
fever;  hot, red, and  swollen  face ;  red  eyes,  with dread
of  light.
   After it Mercury, Hepar, or Lachesis, is suitable.
   Bryonia.  Sensations of shooting, with dryness  of the
throat and difficulty of speech ; after getting cold in damp
cold weather, or after over-heating one's self, or drinking
ice-water; frequently with pains in limbs and  head, chilli-
ness and thirst;  in  such cases alternate with  Rhus, every
10* 
202           affections of the throat.

two or three hours a dose (four glob.) till three doses  of
each are taken, or until better.
   Rhus.   In most cases  Avhere Bryonia is indicated (see
the  preceding  " Bryonia"),  or where there  is obstructed
swallowing as from contraction of the throat.
   Chamomile.  Especially  in sore throats of children,  or
where it is caused by checked perspiration; the glands  of
the  neck, under  the chin,  and  the tonsils are swollen ;  in
the  throat  itself a feeling  of enlargement, with deep red-
ness of the parts affected ;  inability to swallow solid food,
especially  when  lying  down; tingling in the throat, with
hacking  cough, hoarseness and rough voice.  If  fever  is
present * toward  evening;  heat  and  shivering alternate
with redness (especially of one) of the cheeks; irritability,
with cries and  tears ; the child wishes to be constantly car-
ried in the  arms, and wants things which, upon receiv-
ing, it throws angrily away.
   Lachesis.  Swelling,  redness, and  feeling of excoriation
of the tonsils and palate ; constant need to swallow, with a
sensation as of a tumor or lump requiring to be swallowed;
swallowing is  obstructed, particularly of  liquids,  which
often escape through the nostrils; worse in the afternoon
and morning, after sleeping, or from slight pressure on the
neck.   Sometimes it is  necessary to  give  Lachesis  after
other remedies, particularly after Belladonna and Mercury
have mitigated the symptoms, but there still remains burn-
ing  and dryness  in the throat, extensive swelling, especially
of the left  tonsil, with difficulty of  breathing, or danger  of
suffocation; or where there are small ulcers in the throat,
or on the left tonsil;  in which case, the remedy should  be
given in alternation with  Lycopodium;  particularly when
the bowels are  constipated,  and on  the tonsils in the throat
appear very small yellow eminences  or tubercles.   (See " Ig-
natia.") 
COMMON SORE  THROAT.
203
  Mercury.   Suits  frequently  in  the  beginning of a sore
throat, when caused by taking cold, and, in addition to the
throat symptoms, there is a rheumatic drawing pain in the
head and nape of the neck ; perspiration which  affords no
relief; the throat symptoms  are,  violent shooting in the
throat and tonsils, especially when svjallowing, which extend to
the ears and  glands of the face  and neck ; or there is a
burning in the throat, and pains as from  excoriation, swel-
ling and  great inflammatory redness of the parts affected;
elongation of the palate, difficult  swallowing, especially of
drinks,  which escape  through the  nostrils.  In  this case
give  it  in alternation  Avith Belladonna.  If an  abscess in
the throat can not be avoided, Mercury, in alternation with
Lachesis and Hepar, are the principal remedies to  promote
its  maturation,  and even after it has broken, Mercury is
necessary, with Hepar and Silicea, to promote its healing ;
particularly when the patient feels worse at night, or in the
evening, when he feels  chilly and  hot  at  the same time;
much saliva in  the mouth, with perspiration,  which affords
no relief; tongue thickly coated.
  Pulsatilla.   Suits very frequently in females, or persons
of a mild phlegmatic character; after  having taken cold,
and the throat feels swollen inside  ; tonsils and palate look
dark  and red, and dark red veins appear in the throat, which
is covered with tough mucous ; the patient feels chilly toward
evening.
  Nitric acid.  Is  very  suitable  after  Mercury has been
given, or in alternation with it where the throat is filled
with  small, superficial ulcerations, of a whitish appearance,
like  thrush, with bad  mercurial smell;  also, in that form
of angina caused by abuse of Mercury (see this  article.)
   Carbo veg.  Suits well after  Mercury  and Nitric acid, if
these remedies have not been sufficient against  the  ulcers
in the throat; or after Bryonia and Rhus have been given, 
204
affections  of the throat.
and there yet remain severe burning and pricking pains,
particularly in wet weather.
  Nux vomica.   Suits very Avell after Chamomile, or in per-
sons of a bilious choleric character, Avhen they have a sore-
ness  in the  throat, with a feeling  of rawness, hoarseness,
particularly when  inhaling cool air,  or during the SAvallow-
ing of the  saliva; or when the  palate  is elongated and
swollen,  with constipation  and thirst.   Nux  vomica is a
principal remedy for ulcerated  sore throat.  (See the next
article.)
  Ignatia.   Sensation as of &plug in the throat, with shoot-
ings  into the ear, especially when  not  swallowing; greater
difficulty in swallowing liquid than solid food ; the tonsils
swollen, indurated, or covered  with small ulcers or tuber-
cles.   Compare Chamomile, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Lach-
esis, Mercury.
   Capsicum.  In  cases where  Nux vomica seemed  to  be
indicated, or Avhere  there is a burning  roughness in the
throat, with feeling  of contraction and stiffness, besides
sneezing and running of the nose, also  of the eyes.   In
cases of this kind  it relieves very  quickly.
  Hepar.   Often  after  Belladonna, Mercury,  Lachesis, or
when there are stitching pains in  the  throat,  or in the
swollen tonsils ;  particularly Avhen swalloioing or coughing ;
violent pressure in the throat, with  danger of suffocation;
necessary in maturing abscesses.   (See Mercury.)
  Silicea.   After  an abscess has  broken, Silicea, in alter-
nation with  Hepar, is recommended, until it has closed and
healed.
  Sulphur.   Swelling of the throat and  tonsils, with pain
as from excoriation ;  besides a feeling of constriction; fol-
Ioavs well after Mercury or Ignatia.
  Diet light.  See "Inflammatory Fevers."
  External Treatment.—Nothing but gargling with warm 
ulcerated and  putrid sore  throat.      205
water and milk ;  or  for an abscess  of the  throat a warm
linseed  poultice, until it breaks.
  Erysipelas of the Throat, as it appears  mostly in scarlet
fever, measles, small pox, etc., sometimes,  however, inde-
pendent of these  diseases,  requires, in preference, Bellad.,
Aconite, Nux vomica, Mercury,  Lachesis, Sulphur, Arsenic,
Carbo veg., Ignatia,  as the  detailed  symptoms above  may
indicate.
  For angina caused by syphilis or gonorrhea, give mostly
Mercury, Nitric acid, Thuja, Lachesis,  or Sulphur.
  If it  arises horn, foreign substances in the  throat, such as
splinters, etc., give first Aconite, as usual; but if, notwith-
standing, swelling and heat make  their appearance  in the
wounded part of  the throat, look above, under "Erysipelas
of the Throat," for  the principal medicines, which in  such
cases are preferred.
  For constitutional or chronic angina, where a person is
liable to these attacks upon the slightest occasion, commence
the cure by selecting from Hepar, Lachesis, Lycopodium,
Sulphur, Bellad., Nitric acid, Nux vomica, Thuja; and take
them as needed, but not oftener than once a day;  and if
the case is not too urgent,  as far apart as every two or three
days one dose (four or six glob.) until better.

b. Ulcerated and Putrid Sore Throat.   (Malignant Quinsy.)
                  (Angina  Gangrenosa.)
   This is  one of those  dangerous diseases, the treatment
of which  Avill seldom be  attempted by domestic practice
alone ;  yet, as persons may be  in circumstances where they
could not procure the aid  of a homoeopathic physician, I
will give below the symptoms and treatment of this disease,
as plainly and fully as  it  can be  done in  a work of this
kind.
   Diagnosis. —This disease, in its most virulent form, ap- 
206
affections of  the throat.
pears mostly as an epidemic among children, when scarlet
fever is raging, AA-hich it  often supplants, or accompanies.
In this form, it is highly infectious.
  In a milder form, it may occasionally attack  any person,
child or adult, who, from derangement of the  digestive or-
gans, or predisposition to throat  diseases, is more subject
to it.
  It commences with a chill or shivering, followed by fever;
great languor and oppression, with or without nausea;
eyes  suffused, Avith a  reddish  hue ; cheeks crimson;  nos-
trils inflamed, Avith a thin acrid discharge, causing excoria-
tion of the  nose  and lips; pulse weak and very quick, to
indistinction; besides, the patient is very restless.
   On examination, the palate and visible part of  the throat
is found to be of  a bright redness and swollen ; which, to-
gether with the tonsils, is soon covered with numerous ulcers,
coated with grayish-yellow crusts, which frequently sepa-
rate in large pieces.   At this time, the whole interior  of
the mouth,  and even  the lips,  are involved in the destruc-
tion of the mucous membrane.  The  fever and restlessness
increase, as also the difficulty of swallowing and breathing.
   The breath becomes extremely offensive; the  glands
around the  neck swell, and  the  skin on the neck and face
assumes a shining glassy appearance; finally, drowsiness sets
in, and the young patient, if not soon relieved, dies with symp-
toms of apoplexy or suffocation.
   The milder form exhibits the above symptoms, with less
severity, and terminates, in  most cases favorably, on the
third or fifth day, by general perspiration ; breathing  then
becomes easier;  the pulse less frequent  and stronger; quiet
sleep ensues, and the expression of  the face  grows more
lively.
    Treatment. — The typhoid character of   this disease
requires medicines for that class of fevers, such as Bellad., 
          ULCERATED AND PUTRID SORE  THROAT.      207

Lachesis, Arsenic, Carbo veg., Sulphur;  and the peculiar
affections of the throat, such as Mercury, Nitric acid, Nux
vomica.
   Belladonna.  In  the beginning  of the disease,  when
there is dryness of  the throat and  choking, fear, restless-
ness, even delirium.  For further indications and
   Administration. — See "Belladonna,".under  "Scarlet
Fever."
   Mercury.  If profuse secretion of saliva makes its ap-
pearance, together with ulceration in the throat  and mouth,
Avhich must  be carefully observed, give Mercury either
alone, in the same manner as Bellad.,  above referred to, or
in alternation, with Nitric acid, in the same manner, if there
is great sensitiveness in the ulcerated parts.
   If these two remedies  arrest  the  disease,  causing  dimi-
nution of saliva  and a cleaner appearance  of  the ulcers,
wait patiently twenty-four or thirty-six hours, at which
time one dose (four  glob.)  of Sulphur will be sufficient to
complete the cure.   But if the disease progresses,
   Lachesis will be necessary to be given,  in the  same man-
ner as Bellad., above; particularly when the  neck becomes
much swollen and glossy, and the gangrene of the ulcers
still  continues.
   If no change is perceptible from its use within twelve
hours, let it be followed by Arsenic; which is the principal
remedy, particularly when the weakness is  very great.
These two remedies may be given in alternation, in the
same manner, and, for at least twenty-four hours ;  if then not
better, let
   Nux vomica and Carbo  veg. folloAv, in the same manner.
   If a drowsy sleepiness, with snoring, appears, give Opium,
three times every hour a dose (each dose four glob.), and
afterward  Cuprum in the  same manner;  if  the patient 
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sleeps Avith eyes half open, give  Bellad. and Hellebor., as
directed under "Scarlet FeArer."
   After the patient is out of danger, but the ulcers do not
heal fast enough, give Nitric acid, evening and morning a
dose (four glob.), and in two or three days afterward, *SW-
phur, in the same manner.
   Diet and Regimen. — Diet as in " Scarlet Fever ;" clean-
liness and free ventilation are strongly recommended.
   N. B. For the treatment of the milder form of this disease,
see also the preceding article on " Sore Throat or Quinsy."

     Inflammation and  Swelling  of the  Tonsils.
                     (Amygdalitis.)
   This disease, in  its acute form, is already treated of in
the article, " Sore Throat or Quinsy," to which we refer the
reader.  In the chronic form, where the tonsils  have be-
come enlarged and remain so, often  for years, without se-
riously endangering the life of the patient, it is extremely
dangerous to have the tonsils cut out; as frequently, after
such an operation, the lungs become affected, and the  pa-
tient dies of consumption.
   The only safe way to cure these enlarged tonsils, is to
put  the  patient under homoeopathic treatment;  and,,even
though it takes a long time (the  nature  of the disease
does not admit of a speedy reduction), it is still better than to
expose the patient's life to the greatest danger, by an oper-
ation.
   Commence such  a course by giving the patient the fol-
lowing remedies, in their order ; of each remedy every four
days a dose (four glob.) for six weeks, until an amendment
is perceptible :
   The remedies are : Belladonna, Calcarea carb., Lachesis,
 Hepar sulph., Ignatia, Sulphur. 
FALLING of  the palate.
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  Diet. — As usual  in the homoeopathic treatment for
chronic diseases.

       Swelling or Elongation of the Palate.

                 (Falling of the Palate.)

  Some  persons  are  troubled with  this disease  after the
slightest cold or indigestion ; it consists in an inflammation
of the palate  (uvula),  which produces the feeling of its
falling or elongation.  If it continues long, it becomes very
annoying, and the cause of a tickling in the throat  and an
irritating cough.   The practice of  cutting off the  palate, in
order to take away  its inflammation, is certainly radical
enough,  but by no means rational, and always pernicious.
  Treatment. — Nux vomica is the best remedy,  in all re-
cent attacks ;  evening and morning a dose  (six glob.)  If
not better in forty-eight hours, take  Mercury, Bellad., Cal-
carea carb., and  Sulphur,  one after the other, in  the same
manner,  until better.
  Diet.—Avoid  meat,  coffee,  and spices;  gargle  the
throat with cold  Avater, and externally  apply  cold water
bandages.   (See "Sore Throat.") 
CHAPTER XIII.
AFFECTIONS  OF THE  WINDPIPE  AND  CHEST.


         1. Hoarseness.  (Raucitas, Aphonia.)

  If this complaint accompanies other  diseases,  such  as
measles, croup, influenza, etc., its treatment will be found
in the  respective  articles; but if the hoarseness, which is
an affection of the mucous membrane of the larynx, exists
alone or only combined with a  cough,  we will state its
treatment here.
  Hoarseness differs in regard to time  and degree.   It is
recent  (acute), or of long standing (chronic) ;  also, some-
times very slight,  at others very severe, amounting even to
a perfect aphonia, or loss of voice.
  Catarrhs or colds in the throat frequently manifest them-
selves only as hoarseness, and should be treated as follows:

                  a. Acute Hoarseness.
  Nux  vomica  and Mercury (see "Influenza") are the
principal remedies.  Nux vomica for a rough, dry cough,
with soreness and tough mucous  in the throat;  the patient
feels alternately chilly and hot;  is impatient and morose.
  Mercury.   Either after Nux  vomica  or Pulsatilla (see
below), or in alternation with  them,  particularly  when
Avith a hoarse and rough voice there is a sensation of burn- 
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ing tickling in the windpipe, and  disposition to easy and
profuse perspiration, without relief; if with sneezing, etc.
(See "Influenza.")
   Capsicum.  Hoarseness  with  an unpleasant tickling in
the nose, which feels  dry and obstructed; beside, a severe
cough, and pain in the head and bowels.
   Chamomile.  Particularly in children under similar symp-
toms as Nux vomica.  Sometimes one cheek  red and hot,
the  other pale and cool  ; fever  in  the evening, and  great
irritability  of  temper.
  Drosera.  Hoarseness  with a very deep and hollow voice.
   Sambucus.   Hoarseness,  Avith a deep,  hollow  cough;
difficulty of breathing, which occasions profuse sweating.
   Pulsatilla.   Stinging  and soreness  in the throat;  voice
 scarcely audible (aphonia), with a loose cough and pain in
the chest;  running of thick, yellow mucous from the nose.
 Suits well after Aconite,  and is followed well by Sulphur.
   Sulphur.  Roughness and scraping  in the throat;  deep,
rough voice in damp weather, with difficulty of breathing,
particularly at night.  Follows  well after Mercury, Pulsa-
 tilla, Bryonia, and Rhus, and is necessary in every obsti-
 nate case of hoarseness, particularly at the end of the cure.
   Bryonia and Rhus.   In alternation, every two  or three
 hours  a dose  (four glob.),  when there is  soreness of the
 throat and  chest;  worse  after talking,  with  chilliness;
 pains  in the limbs and head; oppressed  breathing,  fre-
 quent  sneezing, with discharges from the  nose.  After it
 Mercury and Sulphur suit well.
   Administration. — Take  of the remedies indicated three
 doses (four glob, each)  in twelve hours (every four  hours
 one) ; then Avait  twelve hours, and if not  better take the
 next chosen remedy in the same manner.
    Diet. — No meat or  coffee ;  drink  freely of cold water,
 and use the cold water  bandages around the  throat during
the night. 
212      affections of the windpipe and chest.
                b. Chronic Hoarseness.
  A hoarseness which has  continued for some time  is a
symptom of the beginning of bronchitis, and ought to be at-
tended to immediately.  If it can not be cured by the follow-
ing remedies, a homoeopathic physician must be consulted.
  Hepar sulph.  If a person has been used to taking large
quantities of calomel or other mercurial preparations, he
may  commence the  cure  with  Hepar, particularly  if
there is a cough, worse at night, on  lying in bed, or Avhen
any part of his body gets cool.   After  or  in alternation
with Phosphorus.
   Carbo veg.   Chronic hoarseness ; worse after talking ; in
wet weather;  in  the  evening  and morning;  also,  after
measles.
   Sulphur.   See under  "Acute Hoarseness."
   Phosphorus.  Chronic hoarseness, with roughness in the
throat; voice  scarcely audible (aphonia) with .dryness in
the throat and chest.  Follows well after  Hepar sulph.
   Causticum.   In  very obstinate  cases, where  the hoarse-
ness is worse in the evening and morning; great weakness
in the organs of speech, with a sore feeling in  the throat
and chest on coughing.
   Administration. — Take of the remedy indicated twice
a day one dose (four glob.) for two or three days, and then
wait four or six days for its effect; if then not better, take
the next remedy chosen in the same manner.
   Diet  and  Regimen. — Very  little meat;  no  coffee or
other stimulating  drink, but much cold  Avater, and every
night  cold  water  bandages  around the  throat.    (See
"Hydropathy.")  In no disease is hydropathic  treatment
of more benefit than in  the beginning of  bronchitis, Avhich
is most always prevented by it.  Keep the feet warm, and
do not converse much. 
BRONCHITIS.--CROUP.               21 3
2.  Ulceration of the Windpipe, commonly called Bron-
              chitis.  (Phthisis laryngea.)
  This disease consists in a chronic inflammation and final
ulceration of the larynx or windpipe ; it is, consequently,
dangerous in its results, and ought to be treated by an expe-
rienced physician as soon as one can  be procured.
  It manifests itself by the following symptoms :
  Diagnosis. — Pain in the windpipe ; difficulty of breath-
ing,  and  sometimes in swallowing; hoarseness more or
less, with frequent attacks of severe coughing;  expecto-
ration of a very little mucous or matter, sometimes streaked
with blood;  finally hectic fever; chilliness; burning in
the hands, soles of the feet,  and cheeks;  thirst  during
fever.
  Treatment. — Before a physician  can be obtained com-
mence the cure with
  Aconite.   If there is fever and pain in the throat.
  Spongia and Hepar sulph.  In alternation, if with sore-
ness in the throat there is difficulty of breathing; some-
times wheezing.
  Lachesis.   If there is a feeling in the throat as of some-
thing sticking in it, which can not be removed by swallowing.
   Phosphorus,  Carbo veg.,  Causticum.    See  "Chronic
Hoarseness."
  Administration and Diet.   See " Chronic Hoarseness."

             3. Croup, and Croupy Cough.
     (Angina membranacea.  Laryngitis Catarrhalis.)
  Although these two  diseases  are very different in their
nature, they are frequently confounded and thought to be
the same, only different in degree.   The real difference,
however, is this:
  Croup is a spasmodic, inflammatory disease of the wind- 
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pipe (larynx), and in fatal cases consists  in the formation
of  a membrane,  Avhich  closes up the windpipe.   It oc-
curs  mostly in dry, cold weather,  with sharp northern
winds.
   Croupy cough is a catarrhalic, inflammatory  state of the
Avindpipe, which may end, if not cured, in inflammation
and congestion of the lungs.  It occurs mostly in  damp,
wet, and cold weather.   Each may precede or follow the
other; but as the remedies are entirely different, it is neces-
sary to  know the symptoms which distinguish them from
each  other.
   In  the real croup children  are  mostly attacked in the
fore part of the night, without much previous ailment, after
an apparently sound sleep ; they  are seized  with  sudden
oppression for breath, which appears in  hurried, difficult,
and hoarse respiration, accompanied by spells of coughing,
with  a squeaking,  shrill, and grating, or metallic  sound.
These attacks  waken the child,  which  is very restless,
and in more or less agony during a spell of the cough, but
after  it generally sleeps sweetly, and without obstruction in
breathing,  at least the  first evening.  Not so  in  croupy
cough, where the breathing is labored, and the cough holloAv
and hoarse, even during sleep.  The  child coughs without
awaking, showing that no local pain distresses it.
   Croup belongs more to a northern  climate — the farther
north, the more intense the  croup ;  Avhile  croupy  cough
seems to take  its  place in the more southern countries,
where real  croup seldom occurs, except  during long-con-
tinued storms from  the north.
   In severe cases of croup, the intermission of the  disease
on the second day, in the morning, is not sufficient to permit
the child to sit up and be cheerful for play, which it  does in
croup of less intensity, where the  hoarseness, cough, and
fever  abate in the morning, to such an extent as to render 
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the young patient quite cheerful and playful; if, in such a
case, the same, or even severer symptoms appear on the
second evening, do not be  discouraged, but give the  same
medicine again which gave relief the night previous.
   The mildest attack of croup,  or croupy cough, is apt to
return for three nights, and parents ought to be particularly
careful  during the  first three or four days not to allow
their little croup patients to come outside the room, or near
the windows, where they could inhale the cold air;  keep
a  flannel  around  the  neck,  which  must be  removed
gradually when the  patient is convalescent, by tearing  a
small strip from it every evening.
   Treatment of Croup. — Without going into elaborate
details on the treatment of croup, which would  only con-
fuse the reader, I will state briefly  that course which  is
pursued invariably at first  in every case  of croup, coming
under the treatment  of a homoeopathic physician, generally
with the greatest success, leaving only  a few very severe
cases  to  be treated  with other  remedies, to select which
requires the experience and skill of a physician.
   The first remedy, under all  circumstances, is  Aconite,
tAvelve globules dissolved  in half  a teacupful of water, to
be given every fifteen minutes a teaspoonful until four tea-
spoonfuls are taken  ; then  administer Spongia and Hepar,
in alternation, each one prepared like Aconite, in seperate
cups,  every half hour a teaspoonful until the child is better;
when it sleeps do not disturb it to give the medicine ; as
soon as it is  better give only every three  or  four hours a
teaspoonful  alternately.   If the  patient gets  very bad,
breathing very quick and labored, with  a constant rattling
in the breast and drowsiness (coma)  of  the head, prepare
and give  Tartar emet.,  and Phosphorus,  in  alternation,
in the same manner as  Spongia and Hepar, above.  If not
better in three hours give  Opium twice, every half hour a 
216      AFFECTIONS OF THE WINDPIPE AND CHEST.
dose  (three  glob.), and  then  Cuprum, in  solution,  as
Aconite above, and if this does not succeed in three hours,
give Camphor and Coffea, in alternation for two hours, pre-
pared as above, and then  Lachesis, in the same manner as
Aconite above.
  Treatment of Croupy Cough. — Give  first one  dose
(four glob.)  of Aconite, and  then in one hour afterward
Chamomile, Bryonia, and  Belladonna, in alternation, every
two hours one dose (four glob.) until better.
  Diet and Regimen. — During the  attack nothing but the
mildest nourishment, such as arrow root, farina, milk-and-
water,  and Avater alone,  if there  is great thirst.  Warm
foot-and-hand-baths  are  recommended, with  this precau-
tion, that the parts  thus  bathed  should be  covered with
warmed flannels directly after the bath.

                     4.  Influenza.
  This disease appears mostly as an epidemic, sometimes,
however, sporadic, and has, in addition to  the  symptoms of
common cold  in the  head  (see this article),  chilliness, fol-
lowed  by flashes of  heat, great  debility and headache,
which  forces one to lie  down;  rheumatic pains  in  the
whole  system; painful and red eyes, with great sensibility
to light and difficulty of breathing.
  Treatment. — If most of the above symptoms are pres-
ent, give
  Arsenic.  Every  three  hours a dose (four  glob.), until
three doses  are taken ;   then discontinue for six  hours,
awaiting its effect, and, if not better, give one of the  fol-
lowing  remedies, according to the symptoms :
  Camphor.  If the chilliness still  continues, or there is
great difficulty of breathing and failing of strength ; let the
patient either smell camphor or drop three drops of spirits
of camphor in half a tumbler of water, and give  every
fifteen  or thirty minutes a teaspoonful until better. 
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  Mercury.   Particularly in the commencement, when the
head symptoms prevail, such as sneezing and running of
the nose, with rheumatic pains in the  head and body, red,
watery eyes, or when a loose cough, with profuse perspira-
tion without relief,  sets in; also,  when there is  a  slimy
diarrhea, with straining like dysentery.  Give it in the same
manner as Arsenic  above.  This  remedy is considered
almost a specific in this disease.  (Compare, also,  "Mate-
ria Medica, " at the end of the  book.)
  Bryonia.  In  alternation with Aconite,  every  two  or
three hours a dose (four glob.), if inflammatory symptoms
appear; fever; dry, hot skin, with a hard shaking cough,
and stitches in the chest.
  Belladonna  and Aconite, in  the same manner,  if  the
cough is  dry and spasmodic,  with severe  headache and
dryness in the mouth and throat.
   Phosphorus and Tartar emet., in alternation, in the same
manner,  if the lungs feel oppressed, weak,  and sore ; and
when coughing or breathing there is rattling in the chest.
   Causticum.   If the feeling of excoriation  in the  chest is
prevailing, with  a dry cough, so  violent  that the  urine
escapes involuntarily ;  give twice a day a dose (four glob.)
  Pulsatilla.   After Mercury, or  in  alternation  with  it,
every three or four  hours a dose,  if  the cough is  loose,
and the nose discharges thick, yellow mucous; soreness of
the chest in the morning, after expectoration ;  foul tongue  ;
disagreeable or insipid taste in the mouth ;  no thirst.
  Consult, also, the article on " Coughs."
  Diet and  Reoimen. — No meat or  coffee; for drink,
water or  lemonade,  if there is no diarrhea; gruels and
toast-water.   Keep the face from the  direct  influence  of
the fire in the  grate or stove ; it is  preferable to remain  in
bed, where a gentle warmth may be maintained.
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218     AFFECTIONS OF THE WINDPIPE AND CHEST.
                      5. Cough.
  As cough is, in most cases, only a symptom of some other
disease, such as pneumonia, bronchitis, influenza, hooping-
cough,  consumption, etc., Ave  must refer the  reader  to
their respective chapters.  Sometimes, however, a cough
appears isolated from  any marked disease, and is either
caused by cold (catarrhal cough), or sympathy, or derange-
ment of  other organs (nervous,  spasmodic,  and  gastric
cough); so that we have to mention here their appropriate
treatment.
  a. Catarrhal cough, caused by a severe cold on the lungs,
is, in the beginning of the day, harsh  and painful; after-
ward it becomes loose, with heavy expectoration, relieving
the chest from pain and oppression.
  Treatment. — If such a cold is combined Avith pains in
the head and limbs, chilliness, and thirst (commonly called
bilious), give Bryonia and Rhus tox alternately, every two
or three hours a dose (four glob.), until better, or  until
three doses of each are taken;  then wait twelve or  sixteen
hours before the next remedy is taken  which will suit the
remaining symptoms of the cough.
  When the cough is dry, without expectoration: Aconite,
Chamomile, Bryonia, Rhus  tox., Belladonna,  Hyosciamus,
Capsicum, Ignatia, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Hepar.
  When the cough is  loose: Pulsatilla,  Mercury,  Tartar
emetic,  Phosphorus,  Dulcamara,  Stannum,  Lycopodium,
Sulphur.
  b. Nervous and spasmodic cough, caused by  nervous irri-
tation or excitement, either  original, or transferred to the
lungs from other  organs; for instance, pain in  the womb
(neuralgia) may cease  suddenly, and, by being transferred
to the  lungs, creates here the  hysterical cough.  (See  ar-
ticle "Hysteria," especially.)   All the nervous coughs  are 
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219
dry;  but they may affect the stomach, and cause vomiting
or retching ; sometimes spasms in the lungs may take place ;
fits of suffocation, which  are generally of not so much dan-
ger as they appear to be.
   Treatment. — For nervous and  spasmodic cough :  Bel-
lad.,  Hyosciamus, Ipecac, Bryonia,  Drosera,  Hepar, Cina,
 Sulphur.
   If  accompanied by vomiting,  retching: Ipecac, Mercury,
Bryonia, Tartar emetic, Pulsatilla, Sepia.
   If  by fits of  suffocation: Ipecac,  Tartar  emetic,  Opium,
 Chamomile, Bryonia, Drosera, Hepar,  Lachesis,  Sulphur,
Arsenic, China.
   Cough, caused by sympathy from other diseases, such as
worms,  dentition (teething),  dyspepsia; growing  too fast
causes  in young persons such coughs.  Look for these in
 their respective chapters.
   N. B. After having found the kind of  cough in the above,
select the best  remedy from those designated for such kind
of cough, comparing their symptoms, as follows :
   Symptomatic Detail.  — Aconite.   Violent, short cough;
sometimes with pains and anxious oppressions in the chest.
   Chamomile.  Dry  cough,  from  constant tickling in the
throat  and  chest; worse after talking  in  the night; with
fever  and  coughing during  sleep;  particularly  in chil-
dren,  when they cough  after crying,  or a fit of  anger
or passion.   (Compare  "Croupy  Cough,"  "Cold in the
Head," and "Hoarseness.")
   Bryonia.   Dry cough, from irritation in the  throat, or
Avith  pain in the chest;  worse in the open air; sometimes
when  from taking cold in  damp,  frosty weather;  with
rheumatic  pains in the  head and  limbs;  also  chilliness,
followed by fever and thirst (in alternation with Rhus tox) ;
or a loose cough, with yellowish expectoration, or spasmodic 
220     AFFECTIONS OF THE  WINDPIPE AND CHEST.

cough after eating or drinking.   (For children, see " Croupy
Cough.")
  Rhus tox.  Short, dry cough, from a tickling in the chest;
worse  in the evening, or before midnight;  with weakness
in the breast, and shortness of breath ; restlessness at night;
dry tongue (see  Bryonia) ; or cough, with a taste of blood
in the mouth;  bloody saliva runs from the mouth during
the  sleep.
  Belladonna.    Short, dry  cough, particularly at night;
worse  when moving;  with  dryness and  tickling in the
throat, and redness of the face, dry, spasmodic cough, with
retching, mostly  after midnight; dry cough  day and night,
with soreness of the  abdominal  muscles, or in the region
of the hip, as of falling of the womb.  (For children, see
" Croupy Cough.")
  Hyosciamus.   Suits well when Bellad. has  afforded only
partial relief, or  when the cough  at night  is  temporarily
mitigated by sitting up in bed; much rattling in the  throat
and tickling or dry hacking cough, with weak  respiration;
worse by muscular action or motion ; the patient can hardly
walk up stairs.   (See " Consumption Beginning or Gallop-
ing.")
   Capsicum.  Particularly in persons of phlegmatical tem-
perament ;  easily chilled  after drinking cold water;  cough
worse toward evening and night;  with pains in Aarious parts
of the body; bursting headache ;  painful pressure, and
aching in the throat and ears ; cough, with offensive breath
and disagreeable taste in the mouth.
  Ignatia.   Dry cough, with running at the nose  day and
night, in the same degree ;  or short, hacking cough, as  if
from a stricture in the throat, or the tickling af a  feather ;
aggravated by the continuation of  the cough ;  particularly
in persons  who  are  easily affected by grief, or when the 
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221
cough is worse after eating, or on lying down at night, or on
rising in the morning.
  Nux vomica is one of the most useful remedies for various
kinds of cough  from cold.  (See  "Influenza," "Cold in
the Head," etc.)   Tickling cough;  worse early in the morn-
ing ; sometimes with  catarrhal hoarseness,  and  scraping
around the palate ; tough mucous in the throat  and lungs,
with an itching, tickling sensation in the throat, and chilli-
ness ; cough worse by movement, reading, or meditation
after meals; and followed sometimes by retching or vomit-
ing ; or fatiguing  cough, with  pains in  the head, as if it
would burst;  or pains in the pit of  the stomach, as if from
a blow or bruise ; worse in the  night, or after lying down;
cough dry during the after part of  the day and night, with
oppression on the chest, as if from a weight; expectoration
toAvard morning.   Suits well for persons  of an energetic,
sanguine, choleric  temperament, and  for those who  drink
much coffee and ardent spirits.
   Phosphorus.  Dry cough,  from tickling in the throat,
but more  in the chest; worse when laughing, talking, and
drinking;  hoarseness, and pains  in the  chest, particularly
on the left side,  as if from  excoriation; lying on the left side
excites the cough.
   Hepar sulph.   In alternation with  Phosphorus, in dry,
hoarse  cough;  worse  after talking; or  excited when any
part of the body becomes cool, particularly at night.
   Tartar  emetic.  Loose cough,  with much rattling on the
chest;  quick  breathing, almost amounting to suffocation;
hot and moist  hands, with  perspiration on the forehead;
bluish  lips (in  alternation with Phosphorus, see  "Inflam-
mation of the Lungs") ;  or  cough, with  vomiting of food
after eating;  deep, hollow cough;  expectoration of mucous
in the night.
   Dulcamara.   Loose cough, after  taking cold ; spitting of 
222     AFFECTIONS OF THE  WINDPIPE AND CHEST.
 light red blood ;  hooping cough, excited by drawing a deep
 breath;  worse in a room, or when lying still; better Avhen
 moving and out of doors.
   Stannum.   Hard, dry cough in the evening;  excited by
 laughing,  talking, and singing; also, a loose  cough, with
 much expectoration of mucous  or  sweetish matter, with
 feeling of  soreness of the chest after it (see  " Consump-
 tion ") ; lying on the right side excites the dry cough.
   Lycopodium.   Cough worse in the night, or  after drink-
 ing ; or a tickling cough, excited by drawing a deep breath,
 with a saltish expectoration, and stitches in the left side of
 the chest (see " Consumption.")
   Sulphur.   Dry cough,  Avorse in the evening  and  during
 the night, or Avhen lying down ; loose cough, with expecto-
 ration of thick mucous,  and  feeling of  soreness in  the
 chest  (particularly suitable after Mercury); cough, with
 pain and stitches in the chest or the head ; also, a sensation
 of spasmodic  constriction in the chest, as if caused by  the
 vapors of brimstone.
   Ipecac.  Nervous or spasmodic cough,  sometimes with
 nausea, retching, and vomiting ; worse at night; accompa-
 nied by oppression in breathing, almost amounting to suffo-
 cation, as if from, the accumulation of mucus (congestion to
 the lungs), particularly in children ;  Avhen the  face  looks
 livid and dark, and the body becomes rigid and stiff.  (See
 " Hooping-Cough.")
   Drosera.   Dry, spasmodic cough,  with retching; worse
 immediately after lying down, in the night; chronic  cough,
 and hoarseness after measles; dryness, and  a rough, scra-
ping sensation, deep in the throat, which causes coughing.
 (See "Bronchitis," and "Hooping-Cough.")
   Cina.   Dry, spasmodic cough, with  shortness of breath,
 pale face and  moaning, also in the night, with  restlessness
 and crying.  (See " Worms," and " Hooping-Cough.") 
COUGH.
223
  Pulsatilla.   Severe  shaking,  dry cough, mostly in  the
morning, with  retching and inclination to vomit; or loose
cough, with much expectoration of a bitter, yellow mucus.
  Mercury.   Cough, with hoarseness (see " Influenza "),
or excited by tickling  in  the  throat; shaking, dry cough,
mostly at night, or loose cough,  with expectoration streaked
with blood, and an inclination to perspire easily, but without
relief.
   China.  Severe cough,  from ulceration of the lungs (see
"Galloping Consumption"), after hemorrhage, or other
losses of blood ; or asthmatic cough in the night, Avith acute
pain in the chest and shoulder-blades.
  Arsenic.   When  China only ameliorates, without curing ;
or Avhen there is dry cough  after drinking ; or cough, Avith
bloody expectoration in the night, with a burning sensation
over the Avhole body ;  asthmatical cough (see " Asthma.")
   Opium.   Cough when  swallowing or breathing, with anx-
ious, heavy,  and intermitting respiration ; full,  red face (see
" Congestion of the Lungs.")
   Sepia.  Dry  cough in the evening in bed, frequently
with sickness at the stomach and bitter vomiting; or loose
cough, Avith much saltish  expectoration, particularly in the
morning and evening (see " Consumption.")
   Lachesis.   Short, dry, suffocating cough, as if from some-
thing sticking in the throat, Avith ineffectual  efforts  to CX-
pectorate.
   Administration. — Of  a remedy having been carefully
selected, dissolve  twelve  globules in half a  teacupful  of
Avater, and let the patient take every two, three, or six hours
a teaspoonful  (children half  a  teaspoonful), until three  or
four doses have been taken ; then wait from four to tAvelve
hours, according to the  severity of the case ;  and if not
better, select and give the next best remedy in the same
manner.  This  will suit  for  recent attacks.   In coughs of 
224     AFFECTIONS OF  THE AVINDPIPE AND CHEST.

a longer standing, give the remedy for tAvo days, evening
and morning a dose (four glob.) ; then discontinue two or
three days ;  if then not better, take another remedy in the
same manner.   To very small children, give  the medicine
in globules altogether, if they can not take it dissolved in
water; one or two globules at a time  is a dose for them.
  Diet and Regimen.— If the cough is  accompanied by
fever or biliousness, abstain from meat and butter ; if  not,
these may be used: otherwise, keep the diet prescribed in
chronic diseases.  If persons are habitually liable to take
cold, they ought to harden themselves against the changes
in the atmosphere, by the systematic use of  cold water,
externally and internally, as spoken of in  the latter part of
the book (see "Hydropathy); persons, however,  Avith tu-
bercular affections must not use it.  Another great dietetic
rule is, that persons liable to colds on the lungs ought to
abstain totally from all spiritous liquors.
  The bathing of children in cold water,  when they have
cold on the lungs, may be suspended for the time (except
when allowed by a physician especially) ;  as in many cases
it might not be admissible at  all.
  A patient with a cough should not occupy a damp room,
facing to the north; but a dry,  airy chamber, exposed to
the  midday sun, and susceptible of easy ventilation  and
even temperature.   If the  cough at any  time  is very dry
and painful, use, as a  loosening  drink,  an infusion of the
roots of althea and licorice, in equal parts, as freely as the
patient finds it necessary, cold or Avarm.  In chronic coughs,
Avhere the  expectoration  is  tinged with  blood, no Avarm
drinks are allowed.   In fall and Avinter, until summer, a
plaster of Burgundy pitch on  the breast  is recommended
to those who have  weak breasts ; but, after taking it off in
the  summer, they must wash  and rub the breast well. 
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         Hooping-Cough.  (Tussis Convulsiva.)

  This is one of those diseases which  exclusively befalls
children, from the  infant on  the  breast up  to twelve or
fourteen years.  It appears mostly as an epidemic, and is, as
such, infectious.  In some seasons its attacks are milder
than in others : sometimes it commences immediately with
hooping; at other times, it is preceded by all  the symptoms
of an inflammation  of the lungs, with  great tendency to
convulsive and spasmodic affections.   The real hooping sel-
dom commences in the earliest stage.
  Diagnosis. — We  recognise,  generally,  two stages for
this disease :
  The first, or febrile stage, showing all the symptoms of a
heavy cold;  running  at the  nose; watery,  heavy eyes;
sneezing; irritating  and painful cough,  with feverishness
and difficult respiration.  It is in this stage that congestions
to the head and lungs often occur,  particularly when chil-
dren are  teething at the time, which, of  course, adds mate-
rially to the danger of the  case.  The old practice is almost
powerless in  such cases, while  homoeopathy offers a  safe
and successful treatment.
  The second, or nervous spasmodic stage, begins as soon as
the feverishness diminishes, and the hooping commences;
the latter increases by degrees, until the paroxysms become,
at least in severe cases, really  appalling.
  The little patients dread the attack, and run, as it were,
to the mother for help, or hold fast to something, when
they feel the  approach of it.  In  severe  paroxysms, the
face swells and becomes  livid, while quantities  of mucus
are forced from the mouth, and frequently blood escapes
from mouth and nose ; respiration seems to cease for a min-
ute, when a deep inspiration ensues, which ends the attack
for the time,  and the patient  recovers  quickly; being, in
       11* 
226     AFFECTIONS OF THE WINDPIPE  AND CHEST.
the intervals, almost always perfectly well, except, perhaps,
a little fretful and weak.
   Duration. — If this disease is not treated at all,  or only
by allopathic medicines, its duration is left to its own natu-
ral limits, and  not  shortened in the  least; in such cases,
the first stage may last from three to eight, or even twenty-
one days, and the second stage,  from  the beginning to its
hight, from five to  six weeks ; from thence to its total dis-
appearance, the same  length of  time.  Frequently, the
cough reappears in those patients in the fall or winter, who
had it in the preceding summer.
   But under the proper homoeopathic treatment, its dura-
tion is very much shortened ; sometimes the disease is cut
off in its progress  within five or six days.   Very  seldom
has a person the hooping-cough  twice in his lifetime, except
as above stated.
   Treatment.—In the first stage, where the children ap-
parently have a cold,  select  from those remedies  recom-
mended in the articles on " Cough," and " Croupy Cough,"
by the use of which the  cough frequently entirely disap-
pears.   These remedies are mostly  Chamomile, Belladonna,
Bryonia, etc.
   Aconite.   If  the  cough does not cease in a few days, but
becomes very dry and whistling; the child  has fever, and
complains of a  burning pain in  the windpipe  (administra-
tion, see " Croup"), until better, or some of the following
remedies are indicated.
   Dulcamara.  If the cough is  loose and moist, with co-
pious expectoration of  a thin mucus, evening and morning
a dose  (three or four glob.) for two days.
   Pulsatilla.  In the same manner, if there is a loose cough,
with vomiting of mucus or food; also, a slimy diarrhea.
   Ipecac and Nux vomica, alternately, if the  cough  is dry,
accompanied by great anguish, strangling, and bluish face ; 
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worse  after midnight, until  morning;  with vomiting and
bleeding at the  nose.   Give alternately every hour or two
hours a dose (three glob.) until better.
   Tartar  emetic  and  Phosphorus, in  alternation, in the
same manner, is frequently necessary in this period, if  there
is rattling in the lungs, short breathing, great  debility,
drowiness, and thirst; also, retching, with diarrhea.
   Carbo veg., is the principal remedy, when  the cough ex-
hibits  the  first signs of hooping; particularly, when it is
worse  in the evening, the patient  complaining at the  same
time of sore throat when swallowing; shooting  pains  in
head and  chest; especially  useful,  when the weather  is
damp and cold.   Give it the same as  Dulcamara, above.
   In the second stage, when the hooping or spasms during
coughing have really commenced, the principal medicines
are:  Drosera,  Veratrum,  Cuprum,  Tartar  emetic, Phos-
phorus, Cina, Bryonia,  Bellad., Mercury,  Iodium,  Opium,
Hepar sulph., Arnica, Sulphur, Hellebor.
   Drosera.  After the Carbo veg., when the paroxysms be-
come more violent,  with real hooping, vomiting of  food and
mucus, without  or  with fever, which is  characterized by
chilliness, heat with thirst, hot perspiration  in the night;
the patient feels better when moving about.
   Veratrum.  After Drosera, or  in alternation with it, for
similar symptoms, only accompanied with great weakness ;
small and  quick pulse; slow fever, Avith  cold perspiration
on the forehead; child is unable to hold up its head ; mil-
iary eruption (prickly heat) over the  whole  body; apathy
and drowsiness, from Aveakness;  child dislikes to  move  or
speak.
   Cina.  If the child, during the hooping-cough, exhibits
symptoms of worms—as picking  at the nose, sudden  pains
or  gripings in the  bowels, or itching at the anus—or if it
becomes stiff  during a paroxysm of  cough,  after  which a 
228     AFFECTIONS OF THE WINDPIPE AND  CHEST.
 gurgling noise is sometimes heard, descending  from the
 throat into the stomach.   This remedy can be given in
 alternation Avith Mercury (see "Mercury"),  if  there is
 bleeding from the nose and mouth at the same time.
   Cuprum.  If the paroxysms appear  very often during
 twenty-four hours, rendering the  little patients  rigid and
 unconscious; if with drowsiness and rattling of mucus in
 the chest between the  paroxysms ; in alternation with Tar-
 tar emetic (see  " Tartar  emetic;"  compare, also,  "Con-
 gestion to the Head.")  This remedy is particularly useful,
 when convulsions appear  instead of the cough, and cease
 when  the paroxysms  return;  as  if the paroxysm of the
 lungs had been temporarily transferred to the brain.  (See
 " Convulsions.")
   Tartar emeticland Phosphorus.  See  page 227.
   Belladonna.   Before or after Cuprum, when the brain
 becomes affected;  patient can not bear the  light, noise, or
 motion ;  head seems to ache ; burning fever ; thirst;  rest-
 lessness ; delirium; convulsions (see "Inflammation of the
 Brain") ;  in such cases,  in alternation with Hellebor.; par-
 oxysms terminate in sneezing.
   Hellebor.  At any time during the hooping-cough, when
 symptoms of congestion to the head  appear, particularly
 when the patient sleeps with the eyes half open (see Bel-
 ladonna, above);  it is of great service when children are
 teething, or otherwise  weakly and delicate.
   Bryonia.  Sometimes in alternation with Hellebor., when
 Belladonna was insufficient, for similar symptoms;  or when
 the paroxysms  of  suffocating cough appear more in the
 evening or at night; mostly, however, after eating or drink-
 ing, which is vomited up.
   Mercury.  The principal remedy, when the  child bleeds
profusely at the nose and mouth when  vomiting, with co- 
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pious sweat at night, and great nervousness; also, if there
are Avorm symptoms (see " Cina.")
   Sulphur.   At any period,  if the paroxysms  are  accom-
panied by vomiting, which will not yield to other remedies.
   lodium.   If the patient pines away, or has a chronic, wa-
tery diarrhea, of lightish color.
   Opium.   If the best indicated remedies seem not to have
the desired  effect,  or if there is stupor (see " Congestion
to the Head"), with hot perspiration ; irregular breathing,
with great anguish ; constipation.
   Hepar sulph.  When the cough  is better, but yet hollow,
hoarse, and dry, with retching and crying after a paroxysm.
   Arnica.   When the child cries much after coughing, or
coughs after crying (in alternation with Cinacc.)
   Administration. — Whenever no reference  is given to
other chapters,  give the  remedies  as follows:  Dissolve
tweh-e globules in half a teacupful of water, and give for
two  days a teaspoonful, morning, noon, and  night; then
wait  two or three days for  the  effect;  if the  cough is
slightly improved,  wait still longer;  because the  hooping-
cough needs, besides the  right medicine, a little time, to
disappear by degrees ; but, if no better, give the next rem-
edy, in the same manner.
   Diet and Regimen.—In cases  Avith fever, see the  diet
in " Croupy Cough ;" where there is no fever, give the
usual diet, without coffee and spices.  A great deal of fresh
air is good for the  young patients,  if they have no feverish
symptoms.  The same holds  good in relation to their usual
bathing, which must be discontinued, if fever is present.

      Inflammation of the  Lungs.  (Pneumonia.)
   This disease generally commences with chills, followed
by  fever, Avith difficulty of  breathing, and a short,  dry
cough;  pulse  soft in  the beginning, afterward hard,  but 
230    AFFECTIONS OF  THE WINDPIPE  AND CHEST.

always very quick ; dull pains in the  chest at every deep
respiration, Avith great oppression ; expectoration of a tough,
lumpy mucus, afterward mixed with blood; the patient
generally prefers to lie on his back ; is not inclined  to
speak  or when speaking, pauses after every  articulation ;
is sometimes sullen, and wishes to be quiet; in some cases,
the face turns to a bluish purple, with  red cheeks; tongue
dry, parched; great  thirst;  skin  dry, hot.  As soon  as
the skin becomes moist and  natural, the oppression  in
breathing diminishes, and a thick mucus is  coughed up
abundantly ; the danger is over, and the patient needs only
good  nursing and rest  in bed during convalescence.   If
this is not the case, hoAvever, the inflammation runs either
into the nervous or typhoid stage (see  " Typhoid FeArer "),
or in hepatization of the lungs (the air-cells are filled with
lymphatic matter) ; both very dangerous and critical situa-
tions for the  patient.
  Causes of Pneumonia are, mostly, exposures to cold, north
or northeast winds ; particularly when at the time one is over-
excited by fast running, etc.;  also, suppression of hemor-
rhages  or  habitual  secretions;  inhalation  of obnoxious
gases ; irritating treatment of catarrh (I have seen inflam-
mation of the lungs follow the use of hoarhound  candy,  in
a simple cold, and hooping-cough.)   Pneumonia appears
in its highest inflammatory degree  in  the north, while to-
ward the south it gradually decreases  in  violence, but not
in  danger;  because here the  bilious  complication  occurs
more frequently (bilious pneumonia), where  bleeding  is
particularly injurious.
  Treatment. — This disease requires quick and energetic
action ; and the first remedy to be giA-en,  under almost all
circumstances, is
  Aconite.    In the chill, as  well  as  the highest fever, in
the commencement (either alone, in water dissolved, twelve 
       INFLAMMATION  OF THE LUNGS--PNEUMONIA.    231

globules  to half a teacupful), every half hour a  teaspoon-
ful, until the fever is broken, and the pain and  oppression
in the chest is ameliorated;  or in alternation with
   Bryonia, when oppression and pain in the  chest  is very
severe (resembling pleurisy—see that article) ;  worse by
every  movement  or  cough; expectoration  bloody, of a
brickdust color; also, pains in extremities ; tongue is coated,
often dry, with great thirst;  constipation.
   Administer the same as Aconite, only every hour or two
hours a teaspoonful.
   If after these two most  important remedies the disease
still seems unchecked, give,  in six or eight hours afterward,
if not better,
   Phosphorus, in alternation with Tartar emetic, dissolved
in water, the same as Aconite and  Bryonia, every hour, or
tAvo hours, a teaspoonful, until three or four teaspoonfuls of
each are taken ;  wait for the effect of these remedies from
eight  to twelve hours, as  frequently their effects  are  not
seen  immediately.  If necessary, repeat  both the above
prescriptions, or choose among  the following remedies, if
the patient, in place of being better, has run into the typhoid
or hepatized stage of the pneumonia.
   The typhoid stage of pneumonia commences when the pa-
tient is restless, particularly at night; throws himself about
and becomes quite delirious, or lies motionless on his back
in a stupor;  breathing quick and irregular; snoring with
his eyes  half closed, and  rattling of mucus in  his  lungs;
tongue dry, pulse quick and thread-like ; skin dry,  or cov-
ered with clammy SAveat (see "Typhus Fever.")
   Treatment. — In the beginning of this state give
   China.  Particularly if  the patient, in the early  part of
the disease, under allopathic advice, had been bled, or lost
blood by other  means, such as hemorrhage, or a fall or
blow (in the latter case, in alternation  with Arnica) ; or 
232     AFFECTIONS OF THE  WINDPIPE AND CHEST.
when the patient  complains  mostly of a pressure in the
chest, stitches in the breast and sides, when breathing and
coughing, together with palpitation of the heart;  besides,
great weakness,  fine,  quick  pulse  and yellowish coated
tongue.  Administer two or three times, every two or three
hours a dose (four glob.) ; then wait from four to six hours,
after which recourse may  be had to Bryonia and Rhus tox,
as prescribed in  "Typhus Fever"  (see this article.)  If
the disease still progresses, it will be necessary to give
   Opium (see this remedy in  " Typhus Fever"), or
  Arnica, under similar symptoms, but Avithout delirium, or
  Hyoscyamus (see " Typhus Fever "), if the cough is spas-
modic or very irritating.
  Belladonna.  (See "Typhus Fever") when the oppres-
sion is very great.
   Veratrum.  If the pulse  is very  small and weak ; ex-
tremities cold ; delirium ;  vomiting and diarrhea ; sinking ;
no sleep whatever.
   Camphor and Coffea, in alternate doses, in a similar state,
particularly if the patient  is covered  with cold perspiration.
  Phosphoric acid.   If, after the patient has been  relieved
by the above remedies, there is yet diarrhea present.   (See
"Typhus Fever.")
   Sulphur may be given once or twice, if the  amelioration
brought about by previous remedies  seems not to  be per-
manent ; then return to those medicines again, which pre-
viously were the most efficacious.
  Administration the same as in " Typhus Fever."
  Hepatization, or the second stage in pneumonia, when in-
filtration of the lungs with coagulated  lymph  takes place,
is indicated by greater difficulty of  breathing, and a dull
sound by percussion of those  parts of the breast where the
pain was the severest.
  Treatment. — Sulphur has first  to be given  (twelve 
INFLAMMATION OF THE  LUNGS--PNEUMONIA.     233
glob, dissolved in half a  teacupful of water, eA^ery two or
three hours a teaspoonful) four times ; then wait from eight
to twelve hours, and, if not better, give
   Lachesis, Lycopodium, Phosphorus, one  after the other,
in the same manner as Sulphur, until better.
   Arsenic  and China, in alternation, in the same manner,
Avhen fetid expectoration, of a dirty, green color, appears.
   Diet  and Regimen.—As in fevers  generally; but  par-
ticularly as in " Typhus."
    After-Diseases.—If  pneumonia  threatens  to  become
chronic, or consumption ensues, see this  article;  when the
patient expectorates clear matter, China,  Mercury, Sulphur,
Stannum, Lachesis, Hepar,  Lycopodium, are the principal
medicines to be given, as stated in " Consumption."
   Pneumonia in infants and children up  to two or three
years of age is very frequent; in  fact, every cold on their
lungs affects them more  or less in an inflammatory manner,
and ought  not to be neglected for a moment.
   Besides  heat, fever, thirst, dry mouth, there  is quick, op-
pressive  breathing, Avith short cough,  after  which the child
always cries ; these latter symptoms are  a  sure sign of in-
flammation of the  lungs in children, and unless they are
relieved or disappear (particularly the respiration is slower
and regular), Ave must not feel secure in regard  to the safety
of the young patient.
   Treatment. — The principal remedy is
   Aconite.   In solution or dry; half a teaspoonful, or two
glob., every two or  three  hours,  three or four times, or
until better ; after which, if necessary, give
   Bryonia.  In  the  same  manner, if the cough  is  very
bad ; or
   Belladonna.   In  the same manner, if the head is  very
hot at the  time.  If these remedies do not relieve  in  from
tAvelve to twenty-four hours, give 
234    affections of the windpipe and  chest.

  Tartar emetic and Phosphorus, in  alternation (ten glob.
of each,  dissolved in  two teacups,  each half full of wa-
ter), every hour, alternately, half a teaspoonful, for twelve
or twenty-four hours, until better ; discontinue for the same
length of  time, and repeat afterward, if necessary; if, dur-
ing that time, the child is very sleepless and restless, give
   Coffea rr, and Belladonna™', in alternation,  a dose (three
glob.) every hour, until better.   Continue with this  treat-
ment for three  or  four days, and in the most  severe cases
it Avill prove successful.
  If  convulsions,  or congestions, to the head occur,  see
these articles, and treat accordingly.
   Diet and Regimen. — Keep the patient as quiet as pos-
sible ; in  a darkened chamber, if the head suffers ; not too
warm ; if the child does not take the breast, give cold wa-
ter freely,  if thirsty;  of solid food,  crackers soaked  in
milk  or water ; neither broth nor meat;  gruels are  good.

      Pneumonia in Old People.  (Pneumonia notha.)
  This disease shoAvs itself in old people as follows :  They
become at once prostrated, having symptoms of a common
cold, with a cough, chills, and fever; the  cough  is loose,
and the  expectoration  white, yellow, slimy, and streaked
with  blood ;  the respiration quick and labored ; pain in the
breast, Avhen  drawing  a  long breath, mostly  on  a small
spot; fever  is not high; pulse soft but  quick;  cheeks
slightly flushed ; skin generally moist at night, without re-
lief;  during the day, the patient feels tolerably comfortable ;
the voice, however, is weak, almost  in  a Avhisper.  As
these symptoms do  not seem  to indicate any danger, the
disease is  frequently left  to itself, but very often with the
most  fatal results ; because paralysis of the lungs soon en-
sues, and  death is inevitable.
  Treatment. — Aconite.   Every three hours a dose (six 
remarks on pneumonia.             235
glob.) will be first necessary, three or four times, during
the fever, after which give
  Mercury. In the same manner;  wait twelve hours and
then, if not better, in alternation with
  Belladonna.  Particularly when the cough becomes short
and dry, and the  breathing difficult and suffocating;  if not
better, give
   Sulphur once or tAvice ;  afterwards  repeat Mercury and
Belladonna.
   Veratrum and  Arsenic.  If they  sink  very low; cold
extremeties, etc.   (See "Typhoid Pneumonia.")
   Tartar emet. and Phosphorus.   If, with  constant rattling
in  the lungs, paralysis  threatens;  alternately every half
hour a dose (three or four glob.)
   Compare, also, the remedies under " Pneumonia."
   Diet  and  Regimen. — The same  as in "Pneumonia,"
only more nourishing as soon as the  inflammatory  symp-
toms have left in  the least; the yolk of an egg with sugar;
broth of beef with  rice, etc.  After-diseases, see " Con-
sumption."
   There is another  disease, called galloping consumption,
in which the  inflammation of  the lungs  forms the most
important part.   This species of pneumonia occurs mostly
in young people of florid complexion, at the time of  devel-
opement, and  needs a separate article.  (See "Galloping
Consumption.")
   It is evident, from the nature of pneumonia and the dig-
nity of the organ affected, that a good homoeopathic physi-
cian ought to be  consulted, if he can be procured ;  but if
this can not be done rely on the above rules and prescriptions.

               Remarks on Pneumonia.
   This disease  may  frequently be  complicated Avith  other
diseases, such as  inflammation of the pleura, heart, and 
236      AFFECTIONS OF THE WINDPIPE AND CHEST.

brain;  also, with bilious, rheumatic, or gastric symptoms ;
the treatment,  however, does not vary from the above ;
beside, consult the respective articles.

                 Pleurisy.   (Pleuritis.)
  a. Real Pleurisy.   (Pleuritis serosa.)
  b. False Pleurisy.  (Pleuritis muscularis.)
                   a. Real  Pleurisy.
  If the sac around the lungs (called pleura) becomes
inflamed,  Ave call it real pleurisy;  this can  be the crse
Avith or Avithout inflammation of the lungs,  at the  same
time.  If complicated with pneumonia or bronchitis, these
articles must be consulted together with this chapter.
  Diagnosis. — In real pleurisy the pain is preceded mostly
by a chill and fever, as in pneumonia, but it does not pro-
duce so much general oppression in  breathing as pneumo-
nia ; however,  in pleurisy the pain is more  severe on a
fixed spot (mostly in one of  the sides  of the  chest), from
which it radiates; increased often to intolerance by deep
inspiration or hard pressure  between the ribs,  where the
pain is located; the  breathing is,  on this account,  short,
and the lying on the affected side impossible ; if the back
part of the pleura towards the spine is inflamed, the pains
increase  by moving the spine,  and running  up into  the
neck impede frequently the swallowing of food, with incli-
nation to vomit, or produce real vomiting.
  Fever is never wanting,  but not  so evident  as in  pneu-
monia ; neither  is the  cough so distressing,  but more a
short and dry  one, very seldom with much expectoration
of mucus.
  This  disease terminates  frequently in the  formation  of
lymphatic  effusion,  which  result  may be known by the
following  change  of  symptoms, different from the  above 
false pleurisy.
237
real pleuritic ones:  Respiration  becomes more  anxious
and short; the patient can not now lie on the well side
either, or, if he  does, he feels in  danger of suffocation,
because  the  Avater  presses  over toward  the well  lung;
by  turning,  which  is very  cfifficult,  he  feels something
moving within the chest,  like water; the fever becomes
hectic ;  the urine is offensive, and has a sediment.
  This description will be sufficient to distinguish pleurisy
from pneumonia ; but there is another form of pleurisy, the
so-called

         b. False Pleurisy.   (Stitch in the Side.)
  Which resembles the true or real pleurisy very much,
yet is different in origin and location, as well as in ter-
mination.
  Diagnosis. — This false or spurious pleurisy is not an
inflammatory, but a rheumatic affection of the intercostal
muscles, and occurs mostly in persons  subject to  rheuma-
tism ; it is preceded generally by pains in  the neck, shoul-
ders, and throat, as if from cold, without  much of a chill,
fever, or "thirst ; the pain in the side is worse by exhaling ;
in real pleurisy, worse by inhaling; slight pressure on  the
affected side  increases the pain in  real pleurisy, while only
hard pressure with the fingers between the ribs increases
it in false pleurisy, Avhich has a slight cough only; in real
pleurisy the cough is dry and painful.
  Treatment,   a.  Of Real Pleurisy. — Aconite and Bry-
onia.  First  of all,  in the  same  manner  as  described in
"Pneumonia,"  for  so long a time as the pain  is very
intense ;  if not better in  thirty-six or forty hours, give
  Sulphur.   Twelve globules dissolved in half a teacupful
of Avater, every two or  three hours  a teaspoonful, until
four or  six are taken, particularly  if the  fever continues
with the painful  oppression  on the chest,  yet the skin has 
238      AFFECTIONS OF THE WINDPIPE AND CHEST.
become a little  moist; this  is  the principal remedy, also,
when effusion of plastic lymph is feared, or has taken place;
it is well enough to give the patient even a dose (six glob.)
of  Sulphur, if Aconite or Bryonia, or both, have restored
him so far as  to be able to be out of bed.   If Aconite ame-
liorates the pains, do not  be in haste  to give Bryonia
immediately,  but wait until the disease  increases  again,
and the same in regard to Bryonia.   In general, cease to
give another  remedy as soon  as the former  has shown a
decided beneficial effect.
   If the patient is sleepless and restless  at night, give at
any time Coffea cc', and Belladonna cc", in alternation, every
hour a dose (four glob.) until  better.
   If the patient complains  of laying hard on his side, in
consequence  of Avhich he changes his position  often; has
cold hands and feet,  yet feels  hot inwardly;  or if a short,
dry cough troubles him very much, particularly by increas-
ing the  stitching pain in his  side, give  Arnica once or
twice, every tAvo hours a dose  (four glob.)
   If the  real  pleurisy  is  complicated with pneumonia,
(pleuro-pneumonia),  see  and give the remedies described
under  " Pneumonia,"  such  as,  Belladonna,  Rhus tox.,
Lachesis, Sulphur, Phosphorus, Lycopodium, China, Sepia,*
according to the symptoms indicating their use.
   N. B. As these pleuro-pneumonias are frequently of a
bilious character,  the remedies for bilious or bilious rheu-
matic fever must be consulted.
   Treatment,  b. Of False Pleurisy, (Stitch in the Side.)
If there is any fever, give  first once or twice a dose  (four

  * Note.—Sepia once cured an old man of a most violent attack of
pleuro-pneumonia on the  left side, caused by being transferred from the
liver, where it had  been subdued, but not cured, a few days previous, by
excessive allopathic blood-letting;  China had preceded the Sepia, without
decided effect. 
              INFLAMMATION OF THE HEART.          239

glob.) of Aconite, every hour and a half one dose;  after
which administer the principal remedy :
  Arnica.  Every  two hours a dose  (six glob.),  and in
alternation with
  Pulsatilla. If the patient is not better in two hours ; but
if he is  relieved, scarcely any thing more is needed, but
rest and perspiration in bed.  In two or three days after-
ward  one dose  of  Sulphur (four glob.) may be given to
complete the cure.
  If at any time the patient becomes feverish, with pains
in limbs, side, and head, give Bryonia and Rhus tox.  (See
"Rheumatic Bilious Fever.")
  Diet and  Regimen. — As in fever generally.   In false
pleurisy frequently a mustard draught, or some other heat-
ing substance—for instance, a bag of heated salt—will  re-
lieve, and may be  used with advantage.

                Diseases  of the Heart.
        a. Inflammation of the Heart.   (Carditis.)
  It is well that inflammation of the heart does not occur
frequently, as its course is very rapid and dangerous, and
its diagnosis  difficult.
  Diagnosis. — The prominent symptoms are violent pains,
mostly  burning  or  cutting, in the  region  of the heart and
toward  the pit of the stomach ; great oppression in breath-
ing, which shoAvs itself in the distorted and anxious fea-
tures  of the  patient; the pulsation of the heart is violent
and irregular,  while the  pulse on the wrist is small, fre-
quent,  and  trembling;  the patient prefers lying quietly on
the  back; sometimes there  is delirium, difficulty of swal-
lowing, fainting spells, vemiting, starting in the sleep.
  Causes.—This disease is caused mostly by taking cold
in drinking cold water  when the body was  heated;  also, 
240      AFFECTIONS OF THE WINDPIPE AND CHEST.

by Avounds, blows, etc.; the most frequent cause, hoAvever,
is  acute rheumatism,  particularly  in  the  knees.   See
"Rheumatism of the Heart."
  It must be well understood that not  every palpitation of
the  heart is inflammation  of  the heart;  the  latter  has
always an agonizing feeling of  oppression and pain.
  Treatment and  Administration. — In every case give
first  Aconite, as directed in  " Pneumonia;"  afterward
Bryonia, Nux vomica,  Cocculus, Arsenic,  Pulsatilla,  and
Cannabis sativa, at intervals of from two to  four  or six
hours, until better; each remedy, when used, may be dis-
solved in water  (tAvelve globules to half a teacupful), and
every half  hour a teaspoonful given ; but, if  possible, pro-
cure the advice  of a homoeopathic physician immediately.

     b.  Palpitation of the Heart.   (Palpitatio cordis.)
  Young people in their groAving years, as well  as old per-
sons of high age, are troubled with this disease ; the for-
mer  from developement and congestion, the latter from
contraction,  ossification,  and  Avant  of blood.  Between
these two extremes of age,  persons sometimes are taken
with it by  violent emotion  of the mind, by the  use  of
ardent spirits, or by constitutional predisposition, particu-
larly when inclined to be affected by rheumatism, Avhich
latter mostly causes the chronic palpitation of the heart.
In pregnancy this disease is frequent, as, also, in persons
of a plethoric habit,  and at the  time of change of life,
or during floodings, in consequence of loss of blood.
  If it is dependent on organic disorders of the heart,  as
polypus, ossification, etc.—as, also, in the chronic form—we
advise strongly  to apply in time to a  homoeopathic physi-
cian, as frequently  a permanent cure may be effected.
  Treatment. — If caused by  fright— Opium or Coffea.
  By sudden joy— Coffea. 
PALPITATION OF THE HEART.            241
  By fear or anguish— Veratrum.
  By  disappointment — Aconite,  Chamomile, Ignatia, Nux
    vomica.
  By congestion of blood, or plethora — Aconite, Belladonna,
    Coffea,  Ferrum, Lachesis, Aurum, Phosphorus, Opi-
    um, Sulphur.
  By loss of  blood, or  other debilitating  losses — China,
    Phosphoric acid, Nux vomica,  Veratrum.
  If it is present in nervous persons, hysterical females, etc.
    — Coffea, Ignatia,  Chamomile, Cocculus, Nux vomica,
     Lachesis, Pulsatilla, Veratrum.
  In young, growing people — Aconite, Pulsatilla.
  In  old, decrepit people — Arsenic, Lachesis,  particularly
    Avhen with temporary dimness of sight.
  After the suppression of an eruption — Arsenic, Lachesis,
     Sulphur.
  For ameliorating the frequent attacks in chronic palpita-
tion of the heart, the most suitable medicines  are, Pulsa-
tilla,  Arsenic,  Lachesis,  Aconite,  Sulphur,  Phosphorus,
Aurum.
   Administration. — Dissolve  of the  selected  remedy
twelve globules in half a teacupful of water, and take from
one to twelve hours a teaspoonful, according to the severity
of the case;  or, if traveling, take of the  medicine a dose
(four glob.) from one to six or twelve hours ; if not better
after from one to twelve hours, select another remedy.
   Diet and Regimen. — Diet as usual  in chronic  diseases.
Sleep as quiet as possible during the administration of  the
medicine ; be careful always to have dry, warm feet; avoid
getting wet by exposure to rains, etc.   Young people must
abstain from eating much in  the evening,  but  drink freely
of cold water.
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242      AFFECTIONS OF THE WINDPIPE AND CHEST.
     Congestion of the Chest.   (Plethorapectoris.)
  Congestion or determination of blood to the chest is a fre-
quent complaint in  young people, during the time of the
development of their systems, and in  persons of a phthis-
ical habit.   It ought  never to be treated by  blood-letting,
even if  this means  relieves for the time, as it does not
remove the disposition or the bad  consequences in the sys-
tem, but has a tendency, if once resorted  to for palliation,
to augment the  difficulties for a  final cure,  rendering the
lungs weaker by each successive attack.  The homoeopathic
remedies, on the contrary,  relieve in a different manner,
and in a much shorter time.
   Diagnosis. — Great fullness, weight, and pressure in the
chest;  more or less palpitation of the heart, with  oppres-
sion, short and sighing breathing;  cold  hands and  feet,
and anxious look ;  sometimes a hacking, short cough.
   Treatment. — Aconite. Particularly in plethoric females
during menstruation; violent oppression, Avith palpitation of
the heart ;  shortness of breath ; dry cough ; heat and thirst.
   Belladonna.  If  Aconite  does  not  suffice,  and if the
head is congested at the same  time.  See " Congestion to
 the Head."
   Nux vomica.   Heat and burning in the chest, more at
 night,  with sleeplessness and  agitation; or fullness  and
 throbbing in the chest, with palpitation;  worse in the open
 air;  clothes feel too tight around the chest.
    China.   In  consequence of  debilitating losses, as of
 blood,  etc.; violent oppression, with great anguish ; loss of
 sight;  palpitation  of the  heart; can not breath with the
 head low.
   Phosphorus.  Violent oppression,  with heaviness, full-
 ness,  and  tension in the chest; palpitation of the heart,
 which  is felt in the  throat. 
hemorrhage of the lungs.           243
   Mercury.   After Aconite, if there is  anxious oppression
for breath, with a desire to take a long breath ;  heat and
burning in the chest;  cough, with expectoration of mucus
streaked with blood.
   Pulsatilla and Bryonia.  In alternation, before menstru-
ation, or when  this has stopped suddenly;  also, when the
piles have been suppressed ;  or when there is ebullition of
blood in the chest, with external heat.
   Spongia.   When movement increases the anguish, and
produces danger of suffocation,  nausea, fainting, and pros-
tration ; particularly in persons subject  to  sick-headache,
or other nervous affections of the head, which frequently
affect the chest in this  manner.
   Sulphur.   After Nux vomica or Pulsatilla, if necessary.
   Administration, Diet, and Regimen, same as in "Palpi-
tation of the Heart."

Hemorrhage of the Lungs. (Hcemoptysis, Pneumorrhagia.)
   Spitting or coughing up  of blood is generally considered
by persons  such  a dangerous and, for the life  of the
patient, fatal symptom, that  they  loose, when it  occurs,
all presence of mind,  frequently incapacitating  them  for
the right  action in the case ; yet not all the hemorrhages
of the  lungs  are alike in their character;  some are  dan-
gerous, it is true, but  most of them yield  readily to the
proper  remedies, and some even cease  of  themselves.  It
will be  necessary to distinguish well between them,  and  act
accordingly, not in too great haste, but in  the right  man-
ner ;  in this  way, time is saved.  Moreover, we  will  see
hereafter that the most dangerous kinds of  bleedings from
the lungs leave  ample  time  to  provide means, while
the milder  forms take  more by surprise, thereby  causing
more fear than injury, with the exception of one form,  the
so-called " Apoplexy  of the  Lungs," which is easily dis- 
244      AFFECTIONS OF THE AVINDPIPE AND LUNGS.

tinguished by marked  symptoms.  Be  careful to  examine
whether the blood coughed or hawked up is from the lungs,
or merely from the nose or palate.
   Diagnosis. — Without  going  into the  distinction  as to
the different places in the lungs and Avindpipe from whence
the blood may  issue,  as this  would be without  practical
advantage, Ave  will give  now the qualitative difference of
haemoptysis, which has the highest practical bearing.   We
distinguish tAvo varieties :
   1. The active or idiopathic haemoptysis, caused by con-
gestion of the  lungs, or  mechanical  injury;  this is the
most frequent and least dangerous.
   2. The passive or  symptomatic haemoptysis, caused by
the ulcerative process in consumption,  which gradually
consumes the substance of the lungs (if not arrested), and
causes the  rupture of bloodvessels; although this is the
most dangerous form, as it is caused by a destructive and
sometimes incurable disease, yet it does not occur frequently,
and even then its appearance may be expected and measures
taken  accordingly.
   First.  Active hemorrhage of the lungs depends always on
congestion of blood to the lungs, which is sometimes  con-
stitutional, sometimes caused by external circumstances,
such as quick running, violent exercise of any kind, lifting,
etc., the frequent inhaling of injurious dust, such as from
lime, gypsum, or plaster of Paris, tobacco, flour, or metal
filings, or of  obnoxious gases, such   as  from nitric and
sulphuric acid.
   Besides these causes, it sometimes appears epidemically,
mostly at  the time of the equinoxes, on  account  of the
rapid  changes in the  temperature of the atmosphere ; the
abuse  of spiritous liquors is a frequent cause of hemorr-
hage  of  the  lungs;  also, suppression  of discharges  of
blood  from other organs, as stoppage of the  menses, sud- 
HEMORRHAGE OF THE LUNGS.
245
den disappearance of the piles, etc.; excessiAre growing and
consequent  weakness of the chest predisposes to it, as  in
general young  or middle-aged persons are more liable  to
it.  It occurs in attacks, accompanied with more or less
fever,  frequently of  an intermittent  type, worse toward
night.
   This form of hemorrhage of the lungs presents itself in
the most various degrees,  from the least spitting  of blood
to a  violent  effusion;  the highest degree, which really
endangers  life immediately, is the apoplectic hemorrhage
(apoplexia pulmon.) of the lungs, where all the symptoms of
an apoplectic fit are present; the  patient loses  his con-
sciousness,  looks  as  if he was suffocated,  eyes  protrude
out of their sockets, bloody mucus issues from the  mouth.
   Treatment. — The first thing necessary in severe cases
is to let the patient keep as quiet  as possible, in a half-sit-
ting, half-lying posture; he must remain perfectly  quiet,
without speaking or being spoken to,  except what is indis-
pensably necessary; if no homoeopathic  medicine is  at
hand,  give every five or ten minutes a teaspoonful of table
salt  in water, but  cautiously, that it  may  not make him
cough; or,  if sulphuric acid is convenient to  be had, drop
five or ten drops into a  tumbler full of water, and give a
teaspoonful every five  or  ten minutes, until the severest
bleeding ceases.  If homoeopathic medicine  is  at hand,
give directly
   Aconite.   Twelve  globules  dissolved in half a  teacup-
ful of Avater, every ten  or twenty minutes a teaspoonful,
until   the severest bleeding ceases; afterward administer
it at longer intervals, from three to six hours.  This rem-
edy  suits always  at  first, but particularly when there  is
ebullition of blood in the chest, with a fullness and  a burn-
ing pain; palpitation of the heart;  anxious looks, with pale-
ness of the face; profuse expectoration of blood at intervals, 
246      AFFECTIONS OF THE WINDPIPE AND CHEST.

provoked by a slight cough.  Try this remedy at least for
two hours ; if not better, give
  Ipecac.   When there yet remains a taste of blood in the
mouth ;  frequent, short  cough ;  expectoration  of  mucus,
streaked with blood ;  nausea and weakness ;  or,
  Arsenic.   When  there  is  yet  palpitation  of  the heart,
with great  anguish, dry heat, and desire to leave the bed;
it is particularly applicable for drunkards after Hyoscyamus
has been given.
   Opium.   Often in the most serious cases,  especially in
persons addicted to spiritous liquors ;  or  when there  is
expectoration of  thick,  frothy blood;  cough worse after
swallowing; oppression and anguish ; weak  voice, drow-
siness, and  anxious  starts; cold  extremities, and  heat in
the chest.
  Nux vomica.   Suits well after Opium, Ipecac, or Arsenic;
particularly Avhen there is cough,  affecting the head, caused
by tickling in  the  chest; or when the hemorrhage was
caused by a fit of passion, by taking cold, or suppression
of piles.  Sulphur suits well after it.
   China.  If the patient has already lost much blood ; or
when the cough  is violent, hollow, dry, and painful, with
taste of blood in  the mouth ; shivering and flushes  of heat;
Aveakness, faintness, cloudiness of sight, roaring in the head.
  Ferrum. After China, if this has in severe cases relieved,
yet there is great fatigue  after talking ; slight cough, with
expectoration  of scanty, bright  red  blood,  with pain
betAveen the shoulder-blades ; difficulty of breathing.
  Hyoscyamus.   Dry cough at night, with expectoration of
blood ;  frequent waking Avith a start;  particularly in drunk-
ards, after  Opium and Nux vomica, and followed by Arsenic.
  Dulcamara.  Tickling  cough,  from cold;  the hemorr-
hage was preceded for some  time by a loose cough. 
HEMORRHAGE OF THE LUNGS.
247
   Carbo veg.  Hemorrhage, with  violent burning pain in
the chest, in persons susceptible to changes of weather, or
Avho have taken much calomel.
   Pulsatilla.  In obstinate cases, when black and coagula-
ted blood is expectorated, more in the morning or night,
particularly in timid persons, or in females when caused by
suppression of  the menses.
   Arnica.  In slight hemorrhages of  black and coagulated
blood, with stitching, burning pains and heat in the chest,
palpitation of the heart, difficulty of breathing; or caused
by mechanical injuries, fall, blow, lifting, leaning against a
table  by studying, sewing; or when  the expectoration is
clear, frothy, mixed with pure lumps of matter; hacking
cough, from tickling under the breast-bone ;  pains in the
limbs, as if they  had been beaten.   It is often  adminis-
tered in alternation with Aconite.
   Belladonna.   Cough  from tickling in  he  throat,  with
hemorrhage ; sensation of fullness, as if from blood in the
chest, with pressing or shooting pains, Avorse when moving;
is especially suitable for hemorrhages  of the lungs in fe-
males of full habit, at the change of life, and then in alter-
 nation with Aconite.
    In very serious cases, Aconite, China, Ipecac,, and Opium
 will be found most efficacious.
    For the bad consequences of pulmonary  hemorrhage,
 such as weakness, cough, etc., give Carbo veg. and China.
 If possible, procure  the advice of  a physician immediately.
    Administration of the above  remedies, in very severe
 cases, the same as in Aconite, stated  above ; in less severe
 cases, or mere spitting of blood, give every six or twelve
 hours a dose (four glob.) until better, or until another rem-
 edy is necessary.
    Diet and Regimen. —The patient must be kept cool; his
 drinks, for two weeks, at least, must be cool, not spiritous or 
248      AFFECTIONS OF THE WINDPIPE AND CHEST.

exciting, but more slimy, such as rice  and barley  water,
water with  raspberry syrup,  lemonade, etc.  If the feet
are cold, put them in Avarm water, mixed Avith  ashes  or
mustard.
  In  apoplectic hemorrhage  of the  lungs, give  Aconite
immediately, same  as above ; if not better in  twenty or
thirty minutes,  Opium,  and  then  Ipecac.;  afterward, if
necessary,  Belladonna or Lachesis,  in  the  same manner.
Put the feet in hot water, with mustard ; also the hands, if
they are cold.  Send immediately for medical aid.
  Second.  Passive hemorrhage of the lungs, or rupture of
a bloodvessel in tubercular  consumption, requires  princi-
pally Aconite, China, Pulsatilla,  Arsenic, Lycopodium,  to
be given in the same manner as described under active
hemorrhage.  See,  also,  " Pulmonary Consumption."
  Diet and Regimen the same as above.

                        Asthma.
  As this disease is well known in regard to its symptoms,
we will only mention here that distinction in its  character
which has  a practical bearing.   There  are two  kinds  of
asthma, as  regards  the cough  and expectoration  of mucus
in an attack ; it is  either a  dry or  humid.  The former is
more sudden and  violent in  its  attacks—has,  hoAvever,
slight cough  and  expectoration,  but great difficulty  of
breathing.   The  attack  of the latter, or humid  asthma,
proceeds   slowly—has   a severe  cough, with  gradually
increasing  and afterward copious expectoration  of mucus,
which relieves greatly.   Asthma, in itself, is not a danger-
ous,  but a very distressing disease,  sometimes hereditary,
but oftener acquired;  its different causes will be enumera-
ted below,  with  their respective remedies attached.   In
genera], it is curable, although it  takes a comparatively
longer time than most other chronic diseases require, par- 
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249
ticularly when  it is  constitutional.  A radical cure must
only be undertaken  by a skillful homoeopathic physician.
We subjoin below the treatment  for the attack itself, to
alleviate  temporarily, advising the patient, at the same
time, not to  omit any favorable  opportunity by which  he
may be allowed to place himself under the care of  a phy-
sician, for the final cure of the disease.
   Treatment.—When caused by congestion of blood to
the  chest (see  this article) :  Aconite,  Belladonna, Nux
vomica, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Spongia, Sulphur.
   By  derangement of the menstruation: Belladonna, Coc-
culus,  Bryonia,  Pulsatilla, Veratrum, Sulphur.
   By vapors of Sulphur (brimstone) : Pulsatilla.
   By  vapors  of Arsenic  or  copper: Ipecac,  Hepar, Mer-
cury.
   By  a chill:  Aconite, Ipecac, Bryonia, Belladonna.
   By  a fit of passion : Nux vomica, Chamomile.
   By  fright:  Opium, Ignatia, Aconite, Belladonna, Vera-
trum.
   By  sudden joy :  Coffea, Aconite.
   By  a  suppressed  catarrh,  or cold in the head:  Ipecac,
Nux vomica, Arsenic
   By  dust from stone or flour : Calcarea, Silicea, Sulphur.
   By suppression of piles : Nux vomica, Sulphur, Arsenic.
   By  flatulency : China, Chamomile, Nux vomica, Sulphur.
   If it is present in children  :  Aconite, Belladonna, Ipecac,
 Chamomile, Bryonia, Tartar emet., Sambucus.
   In hysterical women :  Coffea, Ignatia, Pulsatilla, Ipecac,
 Chamomile, Belladonna.
   In aged persons : Arsenic,  Lachesis,  Opium.
   When it is constitutional:  Ipecac, Arsenic, Sulphur.
   When dry, or  without much  expectoration (similar to
 cramps in the chest) : Cocculus,  Cuprum, Belladonna, Nux
 vomica,  Sambucus.
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   When humid or moist, with considerable expectoration
of mucus: Ipecac, Arsenic, China, Pulsatilla, Sulphur.
   In the above tabular view,  we have arranged  the differ-
ent kinds of asthma, as regards their origin and appearance ;
so that, in search for a remedy, the number of remedies to be
looked for is  reduced to very feAV.   Their distinguishing
symptoms are given in detail below, and their administration
at the end of the article.  The principal  and first remedy
in most all attacks is Ipecac, after  the  administration of
which one may proceed with more calmness to find out the
next best  remedy, by comparing  carefully its  symptoms
with those of the case present.
   Symptomatic Detail.—Ipecac.   Difficulty of breathing ;
nocturnal paroxysms of suffocation, spasmodic constriction of
the throat, rattling in the  chest, from an accumulation of mu-
cus ; short, dry cough, great anguish, cries, agitation, fear of
death  ; alternately either redness and  heat, or paleness,
coldness, and ghastliness of  the face; sometimes nausea,
with cold  perspiration on the forehead;  breathing at  the
same time anxiously and rapidly, with moaninga nd rattling.
After it follows well Arsenic,  Bryonia, or  Nux vomica.
   Arsenic.   In all cases of acute or chronic asthma, with
an accumulation of thick phlegm ; difficult breathing after
a meal; oppression of the chest and  want of breath, ren-
dered almost intolerable  by any motion, such as walking,
going  up stairs,  laughing,  etc. ;  constriction of the chest
and throat; suffocating fits, more at night; panting, wheezing,
as  if dying, with cold  perspiration; these paroxysms grow
lighter on the appearance of a cough, with expectoration of
mucus, or  of viscid saliva; the attacks render the patient
very weak ; burning pain in the chest.  Suits well after Ipe-
cac, and before Sulphur.
  Nux vomica.  Asthma, resembling that of  Arsenic, only
the spasmodic constriction is felt worse in the lower part of 
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the chest, where even loose clothes seem to be too tight; short,
dry cough, sometimes with a little blood ;  congestion of the
chest (see this article) ;  asthma, better by lying on the back ;
occasionally turning, or  sitting  up ; suits well for persons
addicted to the use  of  spiritous  liquors, or after Arsenic,
or before  Sulphur.
  Pulsatilla.  Asthma in children, after suppression of a
miliary eruption ;  in weak, timid females, after cessation of
menstruation, or after having taken cold ; choking, as from
the vapors of Sulphur; paroxysm of suffocation, with deadly
anguish, palpitation of the heart, and spasmodic constriction
of the throat or chest;  worse at night, or when lying hori-
zontally, or when  moving ; better in the open air ;  expecto-
ration, with much mucus,  streaked with blood, which some-
times is coagulated ;  with a feeling of fullness and pressure
of the chest.
   China.    Under similar symptoms  as Pulsatilla, after
Avhich it suits well, if there is, with the. asthma, great weak-
ness, and  easy perspiration in sleep.
   Sambucus.   Asthma,  similar to  China, but more in chil-
dren (see "Asthma  in  Children"); when there is much
perspiration ;  suits well after Ipecac.
   Sulphur.   Almost in  any acute or  chronic attack  of
asthma, if several other remedies  were insufficient.  After
Sulphur,  if necessary,  select  carefully  another  remedy.
It  suits  principally  when there  are paroxysms  of asth-
ma,  almost suffocating,  mostly   at  night,  Avith fullness
and weariness, burning, or spasms  in the  chest;  expectora-
tion of white mucus, detached with difficulty,  sometimes
bloody ; constriction  and  pain  in the breast-bone ; bluish
redness of  the face ;  short respiration, and inability  to
speak.
   Phosphorus.  Asthma  worse in the evening or during
movement;  attack of suffocation in  the  night,  as if from 
252      AFFECTIONS OF THE WINDPIPE AND CHEST.
paralysis of the lungs (in alternation Avith Tartar emetic) ;
congestion  of  blood  to the  chest, Avith stitches, and full-
ness or sensation of heat to the throat, and palpitation of
the heart (in alternation Avith Belladonna) ;  phthisical habit.
   Tartar emetic.  Asthma in old persons and children, par-
ticularly Avhen there is choking, retching, and paroxysms of
suffocation  in  the  evening, with rattling in the chest, and
wheezing (in  alternation with  Phosphorus; see  "Inflam-
mation of the Lungs.")
   Aconite.   Asthma  in sensitive  persons,  young, and of
plethoric habit, easily  excited  by mental  emotions.   In
children, especially, when they  cough at night, spasmodic-
ally, as if they would suffocate; or with congestion to the
head, with vertigo;  cough, with expectoration  of  blood.
   Belladonna. Asthma in children (see " Croupy Cough"),
or in plethoric women at the  critical period ; congestion to
the lungs,  with stitches under the breast-bone, and fullness
in the chest;  dry cough at night;  anxious moaning;  respi-
ration, sometimes deep, at other times short and  rapid; con-
striction of the throat, as if to suffocate, with  loss of con-
sciousness  and relaxation of  all the muscles.
   Bryonia.  Asthma, worse by motion and in  the night,
with pain in chest; breathing like Belladonna.
   Coffea.  Asthmatical breathing from sudden joy; short,
dry cough.
    Opium.  Suffocating cough,  with bluish-red face ; deep,
rattling, respiration, especially when fright was  the cause.
   Chamomile.  Asthma in children,  after taking cold (see
" Croupy Cough "), or when the  hypochondriacal region is
swollen, painful to the touch; crying, and drawing up of
the thighs ; asthma caused by passion.
   Cocculus.   Asthma of hysterical women, especially when
they complain of constriction of the  throat and chest, with 
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oppression ;  worse at night; congestion of the lungs in ner-
vous persons (in alternation Avith Belladonna.)
  Ignatia.  Asthma after  fright or indignation, especially
in women; choking and constriction in the pit of the neck,
as if from the vapors of Sulphur;  want of air in walking,
and cough when resting; short, spasmodic cough.
   Spongia.   Want of breath, and paroxysms of suffocation
after every movement, Avith fatigue;  rush  of blood to the
head and chest; heat in the  face ; respiration  wheezing,
deep, or sIoav, as if from weakness (nervous asthma in per-
sons who are habitually addicted to  neuralgic  affections.)
   Cuprum.   In hysterical Avomen, after fright or anger, or
before or during the menses ;  spasms and oppression in the
chest; worse on speaking  or  going up stairs; short, spas-
modic cough.
   Veratrum.   Paroxysm  of  suffocation when rising  up,
during movement, especially  before the menses; coldness
of the face and extremities; faint pulse and  cold perspira-
tion.   Suits  well after Ipecac, Arsenic, or China.
   Lachesis.   Slow  and wheezing, or short  respiration;
worse after  eating; paroxysms  of suffocation  when  lying
down, especially in persons  suffering from water on the
chest.  (Suits well after Arsenic.)
   Calcarea  carb.   In chronic asthma, with frequent dry
cough; worse at night;  or caused  by the  habitual inhala-
tion of dust.
   Silicea.   In chronic  asthma, caused by the inhalation of
stone-dust;  oppression worse when  lying  on  the back,
when  running, or coughing.
   Administration. — Dissolve twelve glob, of the selected
remedy in  half a teacupful of water, and give, in  severe
 cases, every half  hour; in less severe cases, every two or
three  hours, and  in  chronic cases, twice a day a teaspoon-
ful, until three or four are given.  If better,  discontinue 
254     AFFECTIONS OF THE  WINDPIPE AND CHEST.
until the symptoms are Avorse again; if not better, prepare
and give the next remedy in the same manner.  In very
small children,  give one or two glob, of the medicine at the
same  intervals,  dry, on the tongue.
  Diet and  Regimen. — Persons suffering from chronic
asthma, ought to abstain from coffee, meat, and greasy sub-
stances almost  altogether, and live mostly on farinaceous
diet, such as gruels, etc.
  Sometimes, in very severe attacks, the burning of a piece
of paper, soaked in a solution of saltpetre, and  filling the
chamber of the patient with its  smoke,  will relieve; or
smoking tobacco, or gympsum-weed (stramonium.)

                   Asthma of Millar.
  See " Children's Diseases."

         Dropsy in the  Chest.   (Hydrothorax.)
  This disease  appears mostly in consequence of previous
diseases, either  acute or  chronic, and is too dangerous in
its course and  results to  be managed by domestic treat-
ment  alone.  Skillful medical aid is indispensable ; yet  we
will  briefly notice its symptoms, and some few remedies
which mitigate its immediate distresses.
  Diagnosis. — We distinguish an acute and chronic dropsy
of the chest; the principal  distinguishing feature of both
kinds is, the difficulty of breathing, when moving, particu-
larly  going up stairs, or lying with the head low; swelling
of the feet in the evening, and of  the eyelids in  the morn-
ing ;  thirst for water, yet  scanty urine.
  The acute dropsy of the  chest  occurs mostly in  young
people  after eruptive fevers, such as scarlet fever, measles
(see these diseases), or after the suppression of other erup-
tions  by salves, ointments, etc. 
                PULMONARY CONSUMPTION.            255*

  The chronic dropsy of the chest occurs mostly in old age,
or in persons addicted to the habitual use of ardent spirits.
  Treatment. — To  alleviate the  difficulty  of breathing,
and render the patient more comfortable, give him Arsenic
(twelve glob, dissolved in half a teacupful of water), every
hour a teaspoonful, until the judicious advice of a homoeo-
pathic physician can be obtained.

    Pulmonary Consumption.   (Phthisis Pulmonalis.)
  We distinguish several forms  of  this disease—the most
frightful destroyer  of human life  and happiness;  but, as
its treatment would be too complicated for  a work of this
kind, we would advise our readers  to apply, in time, to a
homoeopathic physician;  as consumption, in its beginning,
is in most cases curable.
  Diagnosis. — If  some of the following symptoms appear,
we  advise  to seek  medical aid : constant hacking cough,
either dry, or  with an expectoration of a  frothy  mucus;
shortness of breath,  pain in the chest,  derangement of the
stomach, hectic fever, chilliness followed by flashes of heat,
burning in the hands and soles of the feet, night-sweats;
circumscribed  redness of the cheeks during  the fever, but
pale cheeks at other times.  The so-called  tubercular con-
sumption consists in the softening of the small tubercles,
which  are  in  the lungs frequently for years,  without dis-
turbing health, when they remain in their compact state ;
their softening,  however, produces  irritation  and  ulcera-
tion  of the lungs.   In  the beginning,  this  process can
be  repressed, and the patient saved.
  The galloping consumption is peculiar to young persons, in
their growing  years, or after debilitating diseases, and re-
quires the most careful attention of  a physician.  It is very
rapid, and  is rightly called galloping; as it is most  acute,
sometimes  even infectious, on that account.  Aconite, Hyos- 
256     AFFECTIONS OF  THE WINDPIPE  AND  CHEST.
ciamus, are remedies, frequently useful in this species of con-
sumption, to allay the high fever and restlessness,  and par-
ticularly for the dry, short, irritating cough and shortness of
breath, with great weakness in the night.
  Under scrofulous consumption, we understand an ulcera-
tion of the lungs, caused by the transfer of scrofulous affec-
tions from other parts of the system, such  as swellings of
the glands of the neck, etc., and all other more specific dis-
eases,  such  as syphilis, cancer,  etc.;  also, Avhen eruptive
fevers  fall with their fatal decision on the lungs, and there
produce  ulceration.
  As this subject is so extensive and important to all, we
refer our readers  to a  separate work, entitled " Consump-
tion treated homceopathically," by A.  C. Becker,  M. D.

     Contusion of the Chest  by  a Fall or Blow.
  When the chest, externally or internally, is injured by a
fall or  blow, apply tincture of Arnica externally, as directed
under  " Sprains," and  internally give  Aconite and Arnica
alternately, in  solution, as directed under " Hemorrhage of
the Lungs," until the patient is better ;  if, after two or three
days, the fever still continues, with an ulcerative pain in
the chest, give Pulsatilla; and in alternation with Mercury,
if there is a heavy, thick, yellow mucus expectorated; the
latter  remedy, however, in exchange with  China, if  night-
sweats occur, and derangement of the  stomach, bad appe-
tite still continues, with sleeplessness and  fever.
   Diet  and Regimen. — The same as under "External
Injuries." 
CHAPTER  XIV.
AFFECTIONS OF THE  STOMACH  AND  BOWELS.

          1. Want of Appetite.  (Anorexia.)
  Most diseases, particularly those of the bowels and those
of an  inflammatory character, produce loss  of appetite,
which, in such cases, is more beneficial than otherwise; as
it prevents the suffering system from being burdened  with
nourishment, at a  time when  the organs for its digestion
and  use  are out  of order.  This  applies to most of the
acute, and to a great many of the chronic diseases.  When
these have disappeared by the  use of proper  remedies, the
appetite returns of itself.   But sometimes persons complain
of loss of appetite without any apparent cause; in which
case, it mostly proceeds from a derangement of the nerves
of the stomach.   For such patients, it is of no  permanent
advantage to use stimulating drinks or food, such as bitters,
mustard, or  coffee.  These things only create an  artificial
appetite, never removing  the  cause of the disease.  The
best remedy, Avhich is applicable in almost all cases of loss
of appetite,  is cold water, freely drank at any time in the
day and  evening;  in  large  quantities, before,  during, and
after meals,  etc., Avith the precaution, not to be overheated
at the time.   Besides  this dietetic remedy, as it were, the
following medicines are recommended : to be used according
to directions given in  " Dyspepsia."  These  remedies are, 
258     AFFECTIONS OF  THE STOMACH AND BOAVELS.

Nux vomica, Chamomile, China, Antimon., Ipecac, Bryonia,
Lachesis, Hepar, Arnica, Sulphur.

            2.  Morbid  Appetite   (Bulimy.)
  A morbid, craving, or voracious appetite, manifests itself
in consequence of  another disease  present in the  system,
such as worm affections, dyspepsia, etc.; or it frequently is
the necessary result of seA'ere loss of strength, after violent,
debilitating diseases.   In every case, it consists in  a weak-
ness and derangement of the nerves of  the stomach, and is
treated in the respective diseases, of which it is generally
a concomitant symptom.
  We will here only indicate some  of these affections, with
the remedies attached, which arrangement will be  particu-
larly useful.  For their application  and administration, see
the respective chapters  of these diseases.
   If there exists a craving for food in
   Worm  affections :  Hyosciamus,  Cina,  Mercury, Silicea,
Spigelia.
  Pregnant women : Nux vomica, Sepia, Petroleum, Natrum
muriaticum.
   Convalescence  after  violent  diseases, or loss of fluids:
 China, Veratrum.
   Dyspepsia, Avhere  unnatural  hunger is present: China,
 Veratrum, Nux vomica, Sulphur, Bryonia, Ignatia, Mercury,
Pulsatilla, Lachesis, Lycopodium.
   In  satisfying  an unnatural appetite,  care  ought  to be
taken not to overload the  stomach.   Frequent, but moder-
ate meals, are preferable.

            3. Dyspepsia, or Weak Stomach.
   Diagnosis. — Dyspepsia  is  generally characterized by
weakness of digestion,  with  loss of  appetite, slight or irreg-
ular appetite,  painful and disordered  stomach, flatulency, 
              DYSPEPSIA, OR WEAK STOMACH.          259

sour risings, ill humor, drowsiness after a meal, sometimes
vomiting of acid, or mucus, secreted in great  quantities in
the digestive organs.
   Causes. — The causes  of this disease are as numerous
as the symptoms vary, under which it shows itself  in dif-
ferent constitutions and periods of life.   A  principal cause
lies  in the irregularity of the  diet; eating too much,  too
rich, or too indigestible  food ; using stimulating  drinks,
tea,  coffee, liquors, to  an excess, and  at an unreasonable
time ; eating too  quickly, or  fasting too long  between
meals ;  studying or laboring mentally too intensely, or after
a full meal—this is particularly the case  in  our  country,
where merchants are in the habit of confining themselves
to their arduous  business too  closely after  full  dinners,
when a few  hours, complete  rest, bodily and mentally,
would be of the greatest benefit to them ; lastly, the im-
moderate use of tobacco,  especially in  the way of chewing,
the  use  of such deleterious medicines as calomel, etc., by
which weak stomach, or dyspepsia, is  produced.
   Treatment. — Avoiding the above-named causes  of this
disease is the first indispensable requisite in its successful
cure ; at the same time, the following remedies will be
of the  greatest benefit,  to be applied according  to  the
symptoms.
   The  principal  remedies  for  recent  dyspepsia  are  Nux
vomica  and Pulsatilla ; for chronic dyspepsia, Hepar, Cal-
carea, Sulphur.  (See their symptoms below.)
   To facilitate the choice of the remedies, we classify the
disease according  to its appearance and causes, Avith  the
remedies attached to each kind ; before selecting a remedy,
consult its details below.
   If dyspepsia is present in children:  Ipecac,  Bryonia,
 Calcarea, Nux vomica, Sulphur.
   In old persons :  Antimon., Nux vomica, China, Carbo veg. 
260     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOAVELS.
  In hypochondrical persons : Nux vomica, Sulphur.
  In hysterical females : Ignatia, Pulsatilla, Sepia.
  If the dyspepsia is caused by sedentary or confined hab-
its : Nux vomica, Sulphur, Sepia.
  Bly prolonged watching : Nux vomica, Arnica, Pulsatilla,
 Veratrum, Carbo veg.
  By  excessive  study:  Nux vomica,  Sulphur,  Lachesis,
Pulsatilla, Calcarea.
  By debilitating losses, such as bleeding, purging, vomit-
ing, etc.:  China, Carbo veg., Lachesis, Nux vomica,  Sul-
phur,  Calcarea.
  By sexual excesses: Phosphoric acid, Nux vomica, Mercury,
 Staphysag.
  By the  abuse of ardent  spirits:  Nux  vomica,  Sulphur,
Lachesis, Arsenic,  Carbo veg.
  Of coffee :  Nux vomica, Ignatia.
  Of tea: Thuja.
  Of tobacco:  Nux vomica, Hepar,  Cocculus,  Staphysag.
  By over-eating :  China, Pulsatilla, Antimon.
  By distressing emotion, such as grief, anger,  etc.: Cham-
omile,  Nux vomica, Phosphoric acid, China, Staphysag.
  By mechanical injuries, blow, fall on the stomach, etc.:
Arnica, Bryonia, Rhus tox.,  Sulphur.
  If the dyspepsia is worse  after partaking of almost any
thing : Nux vomica, Sulphur, Lachesis, Carbo veg., China.
  After  drinking cold water:  Arsenic, China, Pulsatilla,
 Veratrum.
  After  drinking beer : Arsenic, Calcarea, Rhus tox., Sepia,
 Sulphur.
  After  drinking milk: Bryonia,  Nux vomica,  Calcarea,
 Sulphur.
  After  using  bread:  Nux vomica,  Sulphur, Pulsatilla,
Bryonia, Mercury. 
              DYSPEPSIA, OR WEAK STOMACH.           261

  After using acids : Nux vomica, Sepia, Sulphur, Arsenic,
Lachesis.
  After partaking of meat: China, Sulphur.
  After partaking of fat substances : Pulsatilla, Sulphur,
China, Carbo veg.
  If the dyspepsia is  combined with diarrhea:  Pulsatilla,
China, Phosphoric  acid,  Carbo  veg., Veratrum,  Arsenic,
Mercury.
    With  constipation :   Nux  vomica,  Sulphur,  Bryonia,
Lachesis.
  With sour stomach : Pulsatilla, Sepia, Phosphoric acid,
Nux vomica, Calcarea.
  With headache : See this article.
  With piles : Nux vomica, Sulphur, Sepia.
  Remedies according to their Symptoms. — Nux vomica.
In  most cases of dyspepsia at the  commencement, particu-
larly in persons with a tendency to piles (see this article)
and habitual costiveness;  or when  dissipation  and late
hours, the abuse of ardent spirits, or exposure  to cold, was
the immediate cause of this disease;  this remedy is espe-
cially indicated for sour or bitter taste in the mouth, and  if
food, particularly bread, tastes sour, bitter, or  insipid; pa-
tient has  not much  appetite, but a craving for beer, wine, or
 spirits, or he has great hunger, but a little satisfies him ;
 after eating he is troubled with nausea, eructation, vomiting
 of food,  vertigo, hypochondriacal humor,  or, after  a meal,
 lassitude, sleepiness, droAVsiness, distension,  fullness and
 tension [in the  stomach,  tender to the  touch; around the
 waist a  sensation of tightness of the  clothes;  sour risings
 and  belchings;   water-brash; sour stomach;  makes the
 patient unfit for  intellectual labor ;  with constipation, and
ffequent heat and redness of the face, restlessness, and irras-
 cibility.   After it, Sulphur suits well. 
262      affections of the stomach and bowels.
  Sulphur.  Is in cases  of  long  standing  the principal
remedy after Nux vomica, or  when  there is no appetite  for
meat and bread, but a craving  for acids or wine ; milk, acids,
 and sweet substances  disagree;  after a meal, difficulty  of
 breathing, nausea, pain in the stomach, belching or vomiting
of food, shivering, acidity and water-brash, with flatulency
and constipation; sad, morose humor, with irrascibility.
After it Calcarea carb. is often suitable.
  Pulsatilla.   In recent  cases of  dyspepsia,  particularly
 those caused by over-eating, or  the  use of fat  or  pork,  or
any greasy substance, causing  flatulency and indigestion;
 (in such cases in alternation  with  China) ;  no thirst;  bit-
 ter or  sour eructations;  the taste  of the food comes up
 again,  water-brash, sadness,  melancholy,  inclined to loose
 bowels.   China or Sulphur suit well after it.
   China.  Dyspepsia from loss  of  blood or  other humors,
 or caused by  exposure to miasms in marshy  countries, near
 canals,  etc.  (see "Fever and Ague");   particularly if
 there is indifference to food and drink, as if from satiety ;
 craving wine  or acids ; food  tastes  acid or  bitter; after a
 meal uneasiness, drowsiness, fullness, distention; patient
 wants to lie down, sensitive to draughts of wind, ill-natured
 and dislikes everything.   After it suits Bryonia, Rhus tox.,
 Carbo  veg.
   Bryonia.   Dyspepsia especially in summer or damp wea-
 ther ;  or when there  is headache, chilliness,  pains in limbs,
 arms, and small of the back, aversion to food after a meal;
 eructation of wind, pressure  and pain in the stomach, can
 not bear tight clothes ; vomiting of food, constipation, with
 restlessness and irrasicibility.  In alternation with Rhus
 or China.
   Rhus  tox.   Always  in alternation  with Bryonia,  (see
 "Bilious Rheumatic  Fever"),  especially  when there is
 great restlessness, thirst, and dry tongue during  the night. 
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   Carbo veg.  Bitter taste in the mouth, aversion to food,
milk, or fat, Avith acidity in the mouth ; frequent flatulency
and belching up, tasting the fat and  food which had been
eaten ;  nausea  in the morning, water-brash  during  the
night; heart-burn;  hiccough during motion;  pains  under
the short-ribs, particularly on  the left side, in  the form of
stitches, with pressing and fullness ; can not bear the clothes
around  him tight;  worse  in  damp weather; offensive
diarrhea.
   Ipecac.  Almost the same as  Carbo veg., but especially
suitable for children after indigestion, when they have vom-
iting of food,  drink,  mucus  or bile ;  retching, vomiting,
with coldness of the  face and extremities ;  sinking  at the
stomach.  (See " Cholera Morbus.")
   Veratrum.  After Ipecac, if this should  be insufficient,
or there is still diarrhea, attended Avith griping in the bow-
els ; great thirst.
   Antimon. crud.   After Ipecac,  if this has  not removed
the  nausea and vomiting, with a sensation of great fullness
in the stomach, and much flatulency.
   Ignatia and  Staphysag.  See " Diseases  of the  Mind."
   Hepar.   One of the most  useful remedies in this dis-
 ease, where  a person  has taken  much calomel,  and is
 easily taken with  indigestion, with a  longing for stimula-
 ting things, wine, or acids;  nausea in the morning, with
 eructation or vomiting of sour, bilious, or mucus  substances;
 hard,  light-colored,  difficult  evacuations,  or else whitish
 diarrhea.   (In this case alternate with Nux vomica;  other-
 wise with Mercury or Lachesis.)
    Calcarea.  Sensation of coldness in the head, with incli-
 nation to sick-headache ; acid stomach ; water-brash ; full-
 ness and swelling in  the region of the  stomach, with great
 tenderness to touch; evacuations similar to  those of  Hepar, 
264      AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.
but the diarrhea in children has  a sour smell.   Follows
Avell after Sulphur.
   Sepia.  In  persons  subject to habitual sick-headache,
who frequently suffer  from  dyspepsia  Avhen  their  heads
feel  comfortable;  aversion to food, or else great craving;
taste  sour,  and after  a meal acidity in  the  mouth,  and
swelling of the abdomen, or else pressure, as if from a
stone, in the stomach,  with much belching, mostly sour or
painful; inclined to constipation;  suits  well  for nervous,
hysterical persons,  or those who are subject to congestions
of the head or bowels.
   Arnica.   Frequent eructations, sometimes with a taste of
rotten eggs; great  sensitiveness and nervous  excitement ;
tongue  dry, thick, yellowish coated ;  putrid, sour taste,
hypochondriacal humor ; inclined  to diarrhea.
   Phosphoric acid.   Great mental and physical  debility,
caused  by grief, unrequited love, or loss of bodily strength
by losing too  much and too constantly animal  liquid.   In
diarrhea, alternate  with
   China.   After every meal pressure in the stomach, as
if from a load ; perception of  the taste of food, particularly
of bread, long after it is taken.
   Lachesis.    Irregular  appetite ; repugnance to  bread,
with craving for wine and milk ; frequent nausea  and eruc-
tation, vomiting of food;  uneasiness, indolence, heaviness,
fullness and pains in the stomach after every meal;  consti-
pation.   Suits well before or  after  Mercury.
   Mercury.    Putrid, sweetish or bitter  taste in the  morn-
ing ; repugnance to solid food and meat, with craving for
cooling things; inclined to  diarrhea, with straining, or to
perspiration ;  has much saliva in the mouth.
   Cocculus.   Sensation of emptiness and hollowness in the
stomach ; sour taste,  with aversion to acids ; dryness  of
the throat;  nausea, even to fainting; constipation. 
WATER-BRASH -- HEART-BURN.           265
  Phosphorus.   Vomiting after  a meal; burning in the
stomach ;  acidity and sour taste  in the mouth.
  Thuja.   Weakness  of  the stomach after the  abuse of
tea;  rancid or bitter eructation, and  throwing up of that
which has been eaten.
  Administration. — In severe  and painful cases of dys-
pepsia take of the selected remedy from  one to six hours a
dose (four  glob.), until better;  but in  chronic cases take
only  every evening or eA^ery other evening  a  dose (six
glob.) until four  doses  are  taken ; then discontinue four
days, and, if not better, take the  next medicine in the same
manner.
  Diet  and Regimen. —  Besides avoiding those excesses
in the diet  and regimen Avhich Ave have  mentioned in the
"Diagnosis," as so many  causes  of this disease, it must be
borne in mind that every  thing  even allowed under other
circumstances must not be indulged  in,  as soon as it  disa ■
grees with the patient.   Keep  busy and cheerful; avoid
fatigue  and exposure ;  the  application  of cold Avater, in
a systematical  way, externally  and  internally, is highly
recommended.   (See  "Hydropathy.")  Exercise freely
in the open air ;  travel and mingle in cheerful society.

      4. Water-brash.   Heart-burn.   (Pyrosis.)

       (Indigestion.  Flatulency.  Sour  Stomach.)

   These  ailments  are mostly  comprehended under the
name of dyspepsia, of which they form  some of  the  most
distressing symptoms;  but where they occur more isolated
their remedies may be found in the following tabular view ;
reference to the  details of these  medicines may be had in
the article "Dyspesia."
  Treatment. — For  water-brash :  Nux vomica, Arsenic,
13 
266      AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.
 Carbo veg.,  Sepia,  Calcarea. carb., Phosphorus, Lycopodium,
 Sulphur.
   F'or heart-burn : Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, China, Phosphoric
 acid,  Sepia, Sulphur.
   For vomiting or throwing up,
   a.  Of food:  Arnica,  Bryonia,  Carbo veg., Nux vomica,
 Phosphorus, Pulsatilla,  Sulphur.
   b.  Of indigested food (indigestion) : China, Bryonia, Pul-
 satilla, Ignatia,  Lachesis, Phosphorus.  (See end  of this
 article.)
   c.  Of acid:  Nux  vomica,  Chamomile,   Calcarea  carb.,
 China, Phosphorus, Sulphur.
   For flatulency, or frequent rising of' wind:  Arnica, Nux
 vomica, Pulsatilla,  Bryonia, Rhus tox., Sulphur,  Carbo veg.,
 Veratrum.
   a.  After  eating flatulent food :  China.
   b.  After eating pork or fat meat: Pulsatilla,  China.
   c  After drinking :  Nux vomica.
   d.  Colic from flatulency :  See " Colic."
   In  regard to  indigestion and its consequences, we will
 particularly remark here that if  it is caused by an  over-
 loaded stomach, a cup of coffee, Avithout  milk or sugar, will
 remedy  most  of  its  bad consequences;  the  remaining
 symptoms require Pulsatilla, Nux vomica, Ipecac.
   Indigestion from fat food, pork,  pastry, etc., requires
 Pulsatilla,  China,  Carbo veg., Ipecac.
   That which is caused  by ice cream, fruit, or other things
 which chill  the  stomach, requires Pulsatilla,   Carbo veg.,
 Arsenic.
   If  caused by the abuse of wine : Nux vomica, Lachesis,
 Carbo veg.,  Pulsatilla, Antimon. crud.
   By acid wines :  Antimon., Pulsatilla.
   By sulphurated wines : Pulsatilla.
   By  vinegar, sour beer, and other acids :   Aconite,  Carbo
veg., Arsenic, Hepar. 
          BILIOUSNESS--GASTRIC  DERANGEMENT.       267

  If tainted meat or fish causes indigestion, give first a lit-
tle pulverized charcoal in brandy ;  afterward China or Pul-
satilla.
  If salt food causes indigestion:  Carbo veg.
  Indigestion frequently produces the following disorders,
which require the remedies attached to them :
  Fever:  Aconite,  Bryonia,  Antimon.   (See  " Gastric
Fevers.")
  Eruptions, like nettle-rash: Ipecac,  Pulsatilla,  Bryonia.
(See "Nettle-rash.")
  Diarrhea: Pulsatilla,  Coffea,  Ipecac, Nux vomica.  (See
" Diarrhea.")
   Colic :  Pulsatilla, Nux vomica.   (See " Colic")
  Flatulency:  China, Pulsatilla, Carbo veg.  (See "Flatu-
lency" above.)
  In rep-ard to  heart-burn or sour stomach, we Avould remark
       o
that it Avill often be relieA^ed by taking of a mixture of one
drop of Sulphuric acid in a teacupful  of water, every hour
or two hours a  teaspoonful ;  or by drinking lemon-Avater in
moderate quantities.  This is particularly recommended to
pregnant Avomen, who frequently suffer from acidity of the
stomach from constitutional causes.
  Administration,  Diet,  and  Regimen,  the  same  as in
" Dyspepsia."

         5.  Biliousness.   Gastric Derangement.
  Biliousness,  or bilious complaints,  as a popular  term,
comprises different disorders of the digestive organs,  Avhich
mostly have nothing to do Avith the bile or liver,  but Avith
the stomach alone.   For practical purposes we diA'ide these
diseases :
  In  gastric affections, where the stomach alone is  impli-
cated ; and
  In gastric bilious affections, where the derangement  of the
liver reflects its morbid consequences on the stomach. 
268      AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.
   These attacks occur Avithout much feA'er.
   1.  Gastric affections (gastroataxia.)   This is a general
name  for all  those  disorders  of the stomach,  Avhich  we
have already treated in the articles on " Dyspepsia," " In-
digestion,"  "Heart-burn,"  " Water-brash," and  "Flatu-
lency," to Avhich Ave refer the reader.
   2.  Gastric bilious affections (gastrodynia biliosa.)  This dis-
ease is characterized by an  oppression and swelling  in the
pit of  the stomach, Avith inclination to vomit, and  eructa-
tion  of Avind,  of  an offensive  smell, like rotten  eo-o-s or
meat ; no appetite, and  particularly  a  dislike  for meat;
thirst great, especially for acids ;  tongue  thickly yellowish
coated ; either constipation  or looseness of the  boAvels, of
dark  (black)  offensive operations,  Avith a great deal of
wind.   With these really bilious symptoms are  combined a
yelloAvish color in the face, around the  nose and mouth ;
headache in the evening, Avith  a full pulse and a feeling of
heat Avithout much fever.
   Causes. — Persons removing from the north to the south
are subject to this  disease  very often,  Avhich  sometimes
runs  into  bilious  fever.   Otherwise,  it is  caused more
by the imprudent use  of  too  much meat and alcoholic
drinks in Avarm  climates; also,  by mental derangement,
such  as  anger,  grief, etc.   It  is,  frequently,  the  fore-
runner of bilious fe\er.
   Treatment. — Similar to  " Bilious Fever," in its early
stage.   See beloAv.
   Diet and Regimen. — Oatmeal gruel, Avith  sugar  and
lemon-juice; lemonade,  in small  but often-repeated quan-
tities ;  oranges;  dry  or milk  toast; cold  water.  Meat,
meat-soups, and eggs, are strictly forbidden.  When recov-
ering,  a feAv oysters are  allowed.  If the  boAvels are very
loose, the acids must not be used  too freely, but very cau-
tiously, if at all. 
NAUSEA-- VOMITING.
269
  Cold baths are beneficial,  particularly  mornings  and
evenings.   Exercise can be taken, on hills or dry places.

                  Nausea.   Vomiting.
  Nausea and A-omiting seldom occur as solitary symptoms,
except Avhen caused by errors in the diet; in  Avhich case,
the ejection of the noxious substances by vomiting is most
beneficial,  and  ought rather to be  fostered,  by drinking
freely of lukewarm water, than checked by medicine.   But
when nausea or vomiting  is caused by, or connected with,
other diseases,  their respective  chapters  must be  con-
sulted ; where,  generally, these iavo, as prominent symp-
toms, are mentioned and prescribed for.
  We will, however, furnish the reader here with a list of
the most  frequent diseases  in  which nausea and vomiting
exist, and attach the principal medicines thereto.
  The principal remedies, useful in  most cases of nausea
and vomiting, are: Ipecac, Nux vom., Arsenic, Veratrum, Tar-
tar emetic, Bryonia, Pulsatilla, Arnica, Cuprum, Sulphwr.
  If nausea and vomiting is present
  In pregnant females : Nux vomica, Ipecac,  Arsenic, Ve-
ratrum.  (See "Diseases  of Females.")
  In drunkards : Nux vomica,  Arsenic,  Opium,  Lachesis,
Sulphur.
  In  consequence of  riding in  a carriage,  sailing, etc.,
Cocculus,  Petroleum, Arsenic, Ferrum, Secale,  Belladonna.
(See "Sea-Sickness.")
  In  consequence of worms :  Cina, Aconite,  Ipecac, Nux
vomica Mercury,  Sulphur, Lachesis, Carbo veg.  (See "Worm
Disease.")
  In consequence of overloaded stomach :  Pulsatilla, Ipecac,
Antimon., Nux vom., Arsenic, Bryonia, Rhus tox, Sulphur.
(See "Indigestion.") 
270     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOAVELS.

  After drinking : Arsenic, Ferrum, China, Bryonia, Cham-
omile, Aconite,  Arnica, Silicea.
  After eating : Pulsatilla, Nux  vomica,  Bryonia, Arsenic,
Ferrum,  Sulphur.   (See " Dyspepsia.")
  In the morning: Nux vomica, Arsenic, Drosera,  Vera-
trum, Hepar, Lycopodium,  Silicea.
  In the evening, or at night: China, Arsenic, Nux vomica,
Ferrum,  Silicea, Sulphur.
  After a fall  on the head: Arnica,  internally  and exter-
nally.   (See "  External Injuries.")
  In connection with a cough :  See " Hooping-Cough."
  In connection with headache : See  " Sick Headache."
  In connection with diarrhea:  See " Cholera."
  Or,  in regard to ejected substances,
  If  blood is  vomited (hamatemesis) :  Aconite,  Arnica,
Ipecac, Nux vomica, Ferrum, Hyosciamus, Bryonia, China.
(See  "Inflammation  of the Spleen," "Cessation  of Men-
ses," and " Hemorrhoids.")  Generally,  medical aid is im-
mediately required, when blood is  vomited.   If the blood
is very dark,
  Black vomit  (melaena), with discharge of  similar blood
by  the  stool:   Veratrum,  Arsenic,  China,   Ipecac.  (See
"Diarrhea, Typhus.")
  If fwcal matter is  ejected:  Opium,  Nux  vomica.  (See
" Constipation," and "Ileus.")
  If bile is  vomited, of greenish look  and bitter taste:
 Chamomile, Ipecac, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Antimon., Cu-
prum, Veratrum,.  (See " Biliousness," etc.)
  If mucus of  a sour  taste or smell:  China, Calcarea carb.,
Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Sulphur.   (See "Dyspepsia.")
  If watery substances : Bryonia, Ipecac, Bellad., Pulsatilla,
Sulphur.  (See "Water-brash," etc.)
  Administration.— Give the medicine either dry, every
hour or iavo hours, from three to six glob.; or,  dissolved in 
SEA-SICKNESS.                   271
Avater (tweh-e glob, in  half a teacupful), every half hour
a teaspoonful, until better, or until three or four doses of a
medicine are taken, Avhen another remedy must be selected,
if the patient is not better.
  Diet and Regimen. — In feverish attacks, see "Fever."
In all others, see their respective chapters.

                      Sea-sickness.
  This distressing complaint  depends  greatly on constitu-
tional peculiarities,  to which the  remedy must be adapted.
As  the cause  (the  motion of the  vessel) continues, it is
necessary to repeat the medicine frequently.  It will be of
service to be careful in the diet just before embarkation ;
especially to avoid rich, fat food.
  Treatment. — The principal remedies  are :
  Cocculus.  In giddiness, headache, nausea;  the  patient
feels better Avhen lying doAvn.
  Nux vomica.   The same.  The patient feds better when
not  in  the open  air.
  Pulsatilla.   The patient feels better  in the open  air, on
deck.
  Colchicum.   After Pulsatilla, or when  the smell of food
or the  scent of the Aressel sickens.
  Tabacum.  If Pulsatilla or  Colchicum are  insufficient,
or when  the patient sickens  at the slightest  movement of
head or body, Avith deadly paleness of the face.
  Petroleum.   In cases of great debility.
  Arsenic.   If  the patient becomes very weak, and there is
violent retching.
  Ipecac.   If there  is  frequent vomiting,  Avithout   feeling
very weak.
  For constipation, during  a  voyage  on  sea, give  Opium,
Cocculus, Nux vomica, Lachesis, Sulphur. 
272     AFFECTIONS of  the stomach and BOWELS.
  When constipation is attended Avith a  putrid taste  and
bloody gums, give Staphysag.
  When  patients are  constipated, and  have a longing for
acids and something piquant, giA*e Sepia.
  N.  B.  It is AArell enough to provide one-self on sea voy-
ages Avith Scotch ale and herrings ; also, lemons ; as those
things  are mostly desired by sea-sick patients.
  Administration. —  The same as in " Nausea and Vom-
iting."  It is beneficial to take  as much exercise on deck
as possible, Avhatever  the  Aveather may be, although  the
patient may not incline to do so at first.

          Spasms,  and Pain in the Stomach.

   (Cardialgia, Gastralgia, Neuralgia of the Stomach.)

  Diagnosis.   Spasmodic pains and contractions in the pit
of the  stomach, sometimes slight, sometimes of insupport-
able ATiolence, and spreading  to the chest and back, exciting
nausea and vomiting; anguish;  coldness of the extremi-
ties,  and even faintness; belching up  of wind often re-
lieves the patient for a time,  as,  also, vomiting of an acid,
limpid fluid, if acidity of stomach  or  a gouty disposition
was connected with it.
  Causes. — Any derangement of the nerves of the stom-
ach, either sympathetic, from diseases of the liver, spleen,
or pancreas, or more directly from long fasting, the habitual
use of ardent spirits,  indigestible food  (new bread, nuts,
sweetmeats, chesnuts, cherries, figs, cheese, etc.),  coffee  or
tea, may cause  this disease; especially  if, in addition to
this, the person exposes himself to cold, damp Aveather, or
if he is of  a gouty disposition, Avhich then developes itself
on the stomach in this  form (rheumatism and gout of the
stomach.)  Females are particularly liable to this disease,
which, in  them, appears mostly  with derangement  of the 
           SPASMS AND PAIN IN THE  STOMACH.        273

menses,  especially after their cessation (neuralgia of the
stomach), Avhen it is sometimes associated Avith fits of faint-
ing, and may end in vomiting  of blood.  In  such cases,
the periodical appearance of the disease is frequently ob-
served.
   Treatment. — Persons liable to spasms of the stomach
must  avoid  every thing Avhich could cause them directly,
as mentioned above.   Besides  this, however, they should
keep  their feet warm, and wear  a woollen shirt or bandage,
or, in obstinate chronic cases, a  Burgundy  pitch plaster on
the stomach.   Above  all,  however,  we  recommend  to
apply to a homoeopathic physician, who, in most cases, is
able  to  eradicate the  complaint.  For recent cases, or in
the attack itself, the following remedies will be found ben-
eficial.
   We o-ive, first, a tabular view, to facilitate the choice of
the proper remedy.
   Spasm in the stomach (gastralgia),  from
   Abuse of  Chamomile tea: Nux vomica,  Ignatia,  Pul-
satilla.
   Abuse of coffee:  Nux vomica, Ignatia,  Cocculus, Cham-
omile.
   Abuse of ardent spirits : Nux vom., Lachesis,  Arsenic,
 Sulphur.
   Indigestion :. Pulsat., Antimon.  crud.,  Bryonia,  China,
 Carbo veg.,  Nux vom.
   Want of exercise, torpid bowels :  Nux vom., Sulphur.
   Excess of mental emotions, as  anger, indignation,  etc.:
 Chamomile,  Colocynth,  Nux  vomica, Staphysag.
   Loss  of animal fluids, causing excessive debility, such
 as blood-letting, nursing, perspirations, excessive diarrheas :
 China,  Carbo veg., Phosphoric  acid,  Coculus, Nux vomica.
   Rheumatism, and  exposure to cold and damp weather :
 Chamomile,  Bryonia, Rhus tox., Carbo veg.
        13* 
274     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.

   Derangement of the menses, if they are too slight:  Pul-
satilla,  Cocculus.  If too profuse :  China, Bellad., Platina,
Calcarea carb.
   Symptomatic  Detail. — Nux vomica.   This is one of the
most important remedies in this disease,  and it is efficacious
almost  in every spasm of the stomach, in the  beginning;
at least, there is no risk in giving directly one  dose (two,
three, or four glob.), as it will procure time for cooler ob-
servation and a more correct choice, according to the symp-
toms.   If Nux vom. does not give any relief,  Chamomile or
Cocculus alternated, every half hour, if  necessary, will be
of great benefit.   The pains requiring Nux vom. especially,
are : contracting, pressing, and spasmodic, with sensation of
retraction or clawing in the stomach, Avith oppression of the
chest, as  if it Avere compressed by a band, with pain ex-
tending into the back and loins; nauseous accumulation of
Avater  in the mouth, or  vomiting of sour liquid or food
during the pain, worse after a  meal, from using  coffee and
ardent spirits ; from over-study, creating thereby  constipa-
tion, piles, hypochondria, Avith  irascible  humor, hasty  and
passionate character.  Such persons  generally  are  subject
to nervous, pressing headache  on one side, with  unfitness
for exertion,  palpitation of the heart, with anxiety.
   Administration, see at the end of this article.
   Cocculus.  Often very beneficial, when Nux vom.  or Cham-
omile has given but temporary relief,  or when  there are
spasms  in the stomach,  mitigated by belching up  of wind ;
otherwise, similar to Nux vom.
   Chamomile.  Distention of the  stomach,  with pres-
sure, as from a stone, or  as  if the heart were  being crushed
with oppression  and shortness  of breath; pains  are worse
at night, with great anguish and tossing ;  momentary mitiga-
tion by drinking coffee.   The patient is peevish and irritable ;
pains drive him  out of bed.  This remedy suits well to be 
spasms  and pain  in the stomach.        275
given alternately with Coffea, and if then no improvement
takes place, try Bellad.
  Belladonna.   Especially where  Chamomile was of  no
avail, although well indicated, mostly in  Avomen of a deli-
cate, sensitive constitution, at the time of too profuse menstru-
ation, and then alternately Avith Platina, until better.  Bel-
lad. cc-,  alternately with Coffea cc , will be very beneficial in
this disease, if the patient is decidedly better, but can  not
sleep nor lie  quiet.   Belladonna also suits in such violent
pains as to take away consciousness, and cause falling down ;
also, great thirst, but the pain gets worse after drinking.
  Pulsatilla.  Is  a  principal  remedy in mild, sad, tearful
dispositions,  or   where the  menses  are tardy, producing
those spasms.   The pains are shooting; worse  by walking
and making a false step ;  spasmodic pains in the stomach,
caused by fasting, or overloading the stomach ;  with nausea,
vomiting of food;  not much  thirst;  pains are  worse in  the
evening, with feeling of chilliness; frequently loose  bowels.
  Ignatia.   Frequently  after Pulsatilla,  and when  there
are pressing pains, as from  a stone, especially after a meal
or at night; Aveakness, burning,  emptiness in the pit of  the
stomach, sensitive to touch; aversion to food and drink ;
can  not bear tobacco ;  also, pains  from mental causes,
indignation, etc.;  or  suits Avell  for persons who have  the
pains from having fasted too long.
   China.   Spasms from indigestion, with swelling of, and
painful  pressure in, the stomach, with rumbling of wind and
flatulency ;  spasms after loss of strength by blood-letting,
nursing, diarrheas, etc.
   Carbo veg.  FoIIoavs well  after China, if the spasms were
caused  after eating flatulent or  spoiled food ; also, spasms
occurring in damp and wet  weather; particularly if there
is a painful, burning pressure, with  anxiety, worse on  touch
or at night; or  contracting, spasmodic  pain,  forcing  the 
276     AFFECTIONS  OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.

patient to bend double, Avith shaking;  worse when lying
doAvn ; heart-burn ;  nausea ; the very thought of food sick-
ens him.
  Lachesis.   Pressing pains,  ameliorated soon after a meal,
but  renewed  afterward,  Avith constipation, dyspepsia,  and
flatulency.
   Lycopodium.   Compressive pains, ameliorated  in  bed
during the night; worse in the morning, after a meal, and
especially in the open air.
  Arsenic.   Violent pains and anxiety in  the cardia and the
stomach ; burning and spasmodic pains in cardia and stom-
ach ; vomiting after drinking  the smallest  quantity of liquid;
suitable  for  spasms  in old  people,  where cancer of  the
stomach may be supposed to exist, and in drunkards.
   Sulphur.   Pressing pains, as from a stone,  mostly after a
meal, with nausea, water-brash, or vomiting ; acidity ; throw-
ing up  of food; disposition to piles, or accumulation of
mucus in the intestines ; hypochondriacal, whining  mood.
  Antimon. crud.  See "Indigestion."
  Bryonia.   Pressure as from a  stone  in the cardia, when
eating, or after  a meal, with a sensation of  swelling in the
pit of the stomach ; pains  worse by any motion; constipation ;
rheumatic pains in head and limbs.   In alternation Avith
  Rhus tox.   When the pressure in the  stomach and cardia
obstructs the breathing, particularly  after taking cold in damp,
cold weather.   (See "Bilious Rheumatic Fever.")
   Staphysag.  Spasms in the stomach after anger or indig-
nation.
   Calcarea carb.  In females who have  their menses  very
profusely ;  or after Belladonna  has given  partial  relief;
especially when there is a sensation of clawing and retrac-
tion in the stomach, worse after a meal,  frequently with vom-
iting of food; disposition to piles, constipation, and palpita-
tion of  the heart. 
GRIPING COLIC--STOMACH-ACHE.          277
   Administration. — Dissolve  of  the remedy  selected
tAvelve globules in half a teacupful of water, and  give,
every thirty or forty minutes, a teaspoonful, until three or
four are taken ; then Avait thirty minutes, and, if not better,
select another  remedy, and give it in the same  manner,
until  better.  This is the mode of administration in the
most urgent cases.  When the pains are not so severe, give
the medicine  at longer  intervals—say,  from one  to two,
three, or six hours, until amelioration takes place.   In real
chronic cases of this  disease, give the  chosen  remedy only
eAening  and morning a  dose  (four glob.), for tAvo  days,
and then wait  the same length of time, before another rem-
edy is given;  if better during that time, no more medicine
is necessary.
  Diet and Regimen. — The  same as  in "Biliousness,"
and " Gastric  Derangement."
  Externally, a mustard plaster, or other heating substances,
such as scorched flour, heated bran in  small sacks,  may be
laid on the stomach.   The patient is advised to remain as
quiet as possible during the paroxysms.

 Griping Colic.   (Colica ; enteralgia.)  (Stomach-ache.)
   Diagnosis. — Pains in the intestines, more or less vio-
lent ; griping,  pinching, tearing, or burning, mostly in the
region of the  navel, yet often spread  all over  the bowels ;
severe cases of colic  are accompanied by anxiety  and cold
sweat;  stools  either loose or confined; when the colic pain
is seated  in one place of the abdomen for a length of time
without moving, danger  of inflammation of the intestines
ensues, which is  indicated by the pain,  hitherto griping
and pinching,  becoming burning, and the fever appearing
(see "Inflammation of the Intestines") ; vomiting of sour,
bilious  phlegm, or distention  of the  abdomen, painful to
to the touch, often attend the severest  cases of colic. 
278     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.
   Causes. — These are constitutional or acquired by cir-
cumstances ;  the latter are very many, such as colds, indi-
gestion, worms, constipation, mental emotions, and occupa-
tions Avhich require persons to Avork in deleterious metals,
such as lead, etc.   According to these exciting causes, the
three principal varieties of colic are,
   1. Bilious colic, Avith bilious vomiting, severe griping, or
shooting or twisting pain in the abdomen ; at first relieved
by pressure, afterward tender to the touch, with painful
distention, cold  extremities, restlessness, yellowish cast of
the skin and eyes, the face expressing great anguish.
   2. Flatulent or wind-colic, with frequent belching up of
wind,  Avith  or without relief; swelling of the  abdomen,
which is distended and painful in different places, as the Avind
accumulates  and moves in different parts of the intestines;
the pains come in paroxysms, and are sometimes very severe.
   3. Painter's or lead colic, which commences sometimes
before an attack with general lassitude, wandering pains in
the bowels and  extremities, heaviness in the lower limbs,
chilliness, and depression of spirits;  the attack itself  ex-
hibits the same  symptoms  as bilious  colic, except there is
not often vomiting of bile, but greater pain and restlessness,
during which the patient bends forAvard, pressing firmly
against the abdomen, his extremities  feeling cold, and his
pulse  being small and suppressed.
   Treatment. — The first thing to be done in case of any
colic,  if it is at all severe,  is the application of  a general
Avarm  bath, the patient  sitting in a tub, the warm water
reaching  up  to the pit of the  stomach,  and  covered with
blankets to confine  the hot steam closely around him ; after
ten minutes, he ascends from the bath and lays down with
the blankets, without being dried off, and is covered with
sufficient  clothes ;  the  Avarmth then  may  be   kept  up
by putting heated  bricks or hot water flasks around the 
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patient, on the spots Avhere he complains the most; a pro-
fuse perspiration will ensue, which relieves the  cramp and
makes the patient feel easier  at once ; it must be kept up
until  every vestige of pain has left for  some time.  The
medicines to be prescribed beloAv may be given, however,
from the commencement of the pain, and continued until
relief is  obtained.   We will  now give  in a. tabular view
the principal kinds of colic, with their remedies, the symp-
tomatic details of  which may  be consulted below.
  a. Bilious colic:  Nux  vomica,   Colocynth,  Chamomile,
Bryonia.
  b. Flatulent, or windy colic : Pulsatilla,  China,  Carbo
veg., Cocculus, Nux vomica, Colocynth, Lycopodium, Sulphur
  c Painter's or lead colic :   Opium, Belladonna, Platina.
  d. Colic with obstinate  constipation (see  "Miserere"):
 Opium, Nux vomica.
  e. Colic caused by piles or hemorrhoids: Nux vomica,
Lachesis, Pulsatilla, Colocynth, Carbo veg., Sulphur.
  f. Colic  from  an inflammatory  state  of  the  intestines
(inflammatory  colic) :  Aconite, Belladonna,  Hyosciamus,
Mercury,  Lachesis,  Nux vomica,  Arsenic, Sulphur.  (See
" Enteritis.")
  g. Colic from  worms: Mercury,  Cina,  Sulphur.   (See
"Worms.")
  h. Colic from indigestion (gastric colic) : Pulsatilla, Chi-
na, Nux vomica, Belladonna, Bryonia, Carbo veg,
  i. Colic from indignation or rage : Chamomile, Colocynth,
Staphysag, Sulphur.
  k. Colic from  a chill:  Aconite,  Chamomile,  Colocynth,
Mercury, Nux vomica.
  I. Colic from exposure to cold, damp weather:  Pulsatilla,
Bryonia, Rhus tox.
  m.  From  bathing :  Nux vomica. 
280     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.
  n. From external injuries, such as strains or blows :  Ar-
nica, Bryonia, Rhus tox., Carbo veg., Lachesis.
  o. Colic in  children principally:   Chamomile,  Rheum,
Coffea, Aconite,  Belladonna, Cina, Sulphur.   (See  "Dis-
eases of  Children.")
  p.  Colic in pregnant or lying-in women : Chamomile, Nux
vomica, Arnica, Bryonia, Pulsatilla,  Sepia.   (See "Disea-
ses of Women.")
  q. In hysterical  women (nervous colic of women) :  Igna-
tia, Nux vomica, Cocculus.   (See the same.)
  r.  Colic at the time  of the  menses (menstrual colic) :
Pulsatilla, Coffea,  Veratrum, Cocculus.  (See the  same.)
  s.  Colic in persons Avith  low spirits :  China, Nux vomica,
Sulphur, Calcarea carb., Stannum.
   Select  first,  according to the  character of the disease,
one of the above remedies, and then readmits symptoms in
the following spmptomatic detail.  It will be seen above
that Nux vomica and  Colocynth are the principal remedies
in almost all kinds of colic, and consequently mostly to be
used; Ave recommend, therefore, the careful  study of their
distinguishing  symptoms.   Beside  these  two  medicines,
Pulsatilla, and Belladonna will be found of frequent appli-
cation.
  Administration of these  remedies, see at the end of this
article.
  Symptomatic  Detail. — Nux vomica.  Constipation, hard
or difficult stool, Avith pressure in the abdomen as from a stone;
the colic pain is contractive  or compressive, sometimes pinch-
ing and  drawing; pressure at the pit of the stomach, with
distention and tenderness of the abdomen when touched ;
feeling as if the clothes  around the  waist were too tight;
flatulency and severe  griping, deeply  seated in the  abdo-
men, with cold  hands and  feet, and sometimes sharp and
severe pressure on the bladder and rectum, as if wind were 
GRIPING  COLIC--STOMACH-ACHE.          281
about to  escape violently, forcing the  patient  to bend
double; beneficial in almost all kinds of colic, where constipa-
tion predominates, or the patient likes to be  quiet, to sit
doubly bent, or to lie down on account of violent pains in
the loins and head.
   Colocynth.   This is the principal medicine for colic ;  vio-
lent, even the most violent cutting, pinching clawing pains and
stitches, as from knives, Avith excessive  restlessness, agitation
and tossing,  sometimes cramp  in the limbs, shivering, either
no inclination  to stools or violent diarrhea and vomiting of
bile or food,  immediately  after eating;  abdomen  either
swollen Avith wind, flatulency,  or feels very empty ;  however,
very tender, as from a bruise.   After it are suitable Cham-
omile, Mercury,  Belladonna.
   Belladonna.  The colic pains are: sAvelling and protrusion
like a pod of the colon betAveen the pit of the stomach and
the navel, relieved by pressing upon it or by bending dou-
 ble ;  pain at  the same place,  as if the intestines  were
grasped by the finger nails ; or spasmodic constriction in the
 abdomen in females, with a feeling of bearing downward as
 if something would fall out, similar to the falling of the Avomb,
 or pains  connected with this  disorder;  general character-
 istic for Belladonna : congested hot  head, red face, severe
 pain  in the head, aggravated by movement, can not bear
 the  light, feels dry in the  throat, etc.  (See  "Materia
 Medica.")  After it Mercury, Lachesis, or  Hyosciamus, is
 suitable.
    Pulsatilla.   Shooting, beating pains in  the pit of the
 stomach ; farther doAvn in the abdomen a feeling of heavi-
 ness and  fullness, Avith disagreeable  tension and distension,
 tenderness  and pain  as if from a bruise Avhen touched ;
 suffering from flatulency (see this article), and  consequent
 colic after indigestion ; worse Avhen  sitting,  lying, or in the
 evening,  Avith shivering ;  patient feels better out doors, than 
282     AFFECTIONS  OF THE  STOMACH  AND BOWELS.
Avithin ;  is  inclined to, or has  diarrhea; pale face, with
livid circle around the eyes ; pressure, tension,  and aching
in the head.   After it are  suitable,  China, Lycopodium,
Mercury,  Sulphur.
   China.  Excessive distension of the abdomen, as in tym-
panitis, with fullness and pressure, as if  from hard bodies;
or spasmodic constriction ; pain, with stoppage of wind and
bearing toward the hypochondriacal region;  Avorse at night,
after errors in diet, and  in persons weakened  by severe
loss of animal fluids, such as bleeding, too  heavy perspira-
tion, nursing,  diarrhea, etc.  (See "Pulsatilla.")
   Cocculus.  One of the principal medicines, particularly
in spasmodic and Avindy colic, and in those colics of Avomen
before or at the time  of their menses (see "Female Dis-
eases) ; or Avhen there  are  constrictive, spasmodic pains in
the hypogastrium, nausea, difficulty of breathing, flatulency,
and full, distended stomach; or a feeling of emptiness in
the abdomen,  Avith squeezing and tearing in the stomach;
nausea;  constipation; nervous excitability.
   Coffea.   Excess in pain, which drives to  despair;  great
agitation, tossing, grinding of the teeth; coldness of the
limbs; moaning, and fits of suffocation.
  Ignatia.   Colic  in the night,  waking out of a sleep, with
shooting into the  sides  and  chest;  difficult, but relieving
discharge  of  wind;  suitable  for sensitive and  delicate
women.
  Hyosciamus.  Spasmodic and  griping pain, with vomit-
ing ; cries ; pain in the head;  hardness and distension of
the abdomen,  and tenderness Avhen touched.
   Chamomile.   Tearing, drawing pains, with great restless-
ness ; nausea ;  bitter vomiting or bilious diarrhea; incarcer-
ated wind, with  anguish, tension, pressure, fullness in the pit
of the  stomach; one  cheek red, the  other pale ; the  colic 
GRIPING COLIC--STOMACH-ACHE.          283
appears  mostly at night, toAvard  sunrise, or after a  meal.
(Pulsatilla suits after it.)
   Bryonia.  Fullness and pressure in the  abdomen  after
eating; cutting and  stitching pains in the bowels, particu-
larly after drinking warm milk ;  colic pains with diarrhea
after taking  cold, or  in the  heat  of summer.  Alternately
with Rhus tox., in bilious rheumatic attacks.   (See this
article.)
   Rhus tox.  Pressure in the stomach and pit of the stom-
ach ; pain in the abdomen  at  night; restlessness  and  diar-
rhea of watery and slimy substances.   (See Bryonia.)
   Sulphur.  Against hemorrhoidal colic, when Carbo veg.
or Mercury has been  given  Avithout effect;  against  bilious
colic, Avhen Chamomile or Colocynth was insufficient; against
flatulent colic, after  Chamomile, Calcarea carb., Mercury, or
 Carbo veg. was administered; or against worm colic, after
Mercury or Cina had been giA-en.
   Carbo  veg.   Distension and fullness  of  the abdomen;
difficult belching up  of wind; colic  after riding in a car-
riage ;  flatulent colic, Avith  rumbling in  the bowels; dis-
charge of wind of a putrid smell;  either constipation, or
diarrhea of a putrid  smell.
   Arsenic  Excessive pain,  with great anguish in the  abdo-
men; intolerable burning, or sensation of cold in  the  abdo-
men; pains  are Avorse at night,  after eating or  drinking;
watery or bilious vomiting ; diarrhea,  with thirst,  shivering,
and excessive debility.
    Veratrum.   Cutting as from knives in the  abdomen,  which
is  very tender to touch ; burning in the whole  abdomen;
flatulent colic, with noisy  rumbling of Avind, which is dis-
charged with difficulty.  (Alternately Avith  Arsenic  in  se-
 vere cases, or  Avith Coffea at the  time of menstruation.)
    Opium.   Abdomen  hard  and  distended; tympanitis,
with heaviness in the abdomen, as from a weight (lead or 
284     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND  BOWELS.
painter's colic) ;  obstinate  constipation, Avith  vomiting even
of faeces and urine ;  or involuntary stools, of a dark color
and  fetid.
  Lachesis.   In  spasmodic  and  inflammatory colic,  Avhen
Colocynth,  Belladonna,  Chamomile, Nux  vom. have been
administered  without  effect;  in  hemorrhoidal colic,  and
after mechanical  injuries; after  Carbo veg., when there is
great Aveakness,  sinking  feeling, small,  quick pulse ;  or
alternately Avith  Lycopodium, it there  is great constipation
left.  (See this article.)
  Lycopodium.   In  flatulent colic; swelling, fullness, and
distension of the  pit of the stomach, with colic pain, incar-
ceration of wind, which  is not  discharged.   (Is suitable
after Pulsat. or Lachesis; see these.)
  Platina.   In consequence oi fear or anger, or  poisoning
by lead, after Opium and  Belladonna; suitable principally
for females,  or Avhen the bodily sufferings disappear as soon
as the  mental distresses begin, or  vice versa.; is  afraid  of
dying ; can not refrain from weeping ; contracting pain in the
abdomen; pressure in the stomach  after eating; also a con-
tracting pain, as if laced too tight; with  a sensation of
constant bearing down.
  Aconite.   Extreme tenderness of the  abdomen;  much an-
guish, restlessness and tossing, particularly, when the pains
are located in the region of  the bladder; when the bowels
seem to retract, with frequent but  unsuccessful Avant  to
urinate.
  Arnica.    Contusive pain  in the sides  of the abdomen  in
pregnant females ; pain from lifting in the abdomen ; full-
ness in the stomach, as if one had eaten too  much ; stitches
in the pit of the stomach, Avith pressure back to the spine, and
an oppression on  the chest, worse after eating, drinking, and
touch ;  stitches in  the  left  hypochondria, taking  away the
breath; distension and hardness of the abdomen, with sore- 
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285
ness in the sides, better after discharge of urine ; diarrhea,
watery, or from indigestion.
  Mercury.   Shooting, or violent contracting pains in the ab-
domen,  especially around the navel, with nausea ; frequent
desire to evacuate, or slimy diarrhea;  profuse  quantity of
saliva in the mouth ;  shivering, with heat, especially in the
face ; abdomen tender to touch; colic  pains, worse in the
night; great lassitude.
   Cina.   Colic pains from worms,  especially around the
navel, which is tender to the touch.   Cina co  in such cases,
eArery half hour repeated (the dose from two to four glob.),
is more  effectual than the  other preparation  of  Cina (see
" Worms.")
  Rheum.  Particularly in infants, when the  colic is ac-
companied by diarrhea of  a sour smell  and pressing down
before and after the stool; or when there are in adults cut-
ting pains in the  abdomen,  forcing one to  bend over, fre-
quentlys oon after eating;  worse Avhen standing.
   Sepia.   Colic pains in pregnant  or  lying-in women,  or
even spasms, as if the intestines were turning over ;  cutting
pains after motion;  burning and stitches in  the abdomen,
Avhich is hard and  distended; pressure and, sensation of
heaviness in the abdomen,  with bearing down; rumbling of
the  bowels after eating;  constipation, or greenish diarrhea,
especially in children.
   Calcarea carb.  Contractive, gnawing spasms, or  cutting
pains in the abdomen ; difficulty of discharging the Avind,
with noisy rumbling of the bowels ; can not bear the clothes
tight around the hypochondria ; acidity of the stomach, with
vomiting of food,  especially in children when teething;
lightish diarrhea.
   Stan/ium.   Spasms in the region of the diaphragm, as in
hysterical or hypochondriacal persons, with difficulty of eject- 
286     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.
ing the wind;  constipation, or slimy diarrhea,  and great
weakness.   (Compare China.)
   Administration. — Dissolve twelve glob, of' the selected
remedy in half a teacupful of water, and give every fifteen
or thirty minutes  a  teaspoonful, for tAvo or  three times ;
then wait the same length of time before giving another
remedy, if  not better; but if the patient is better, do not
repeat the medicine as often.   This is particularly the case
with Colocynth, which is the most frequently needed remedy.
In the  most agonizing pains, the  alternate use of Coffea
and  Camphor, in solution, given as above  stated,  affords
temporary relief, until other  remedies  may complete the
cure.  In cases where the pains are not so excessive, the
medicines must not  be repeated as frequently ;  say, only
from two, three, to six hours  a dose (four glob.)  until bet-
ter, or until another  remedy is needed.
   Diet and  Regimen. — Persons subject to this complaint
must avoid all substances which produce it, such as  kale
(kohl) and other green vegetables, acidulated drinks, veal,
etc.  In an attack of colic, give only the mildest nourish-
ment—gruels, toast-water, toasted bread, etc.—no milk,
except in worm colic, when  sweet,  cold milk, will pacify
the worms.  Keep the  feet  dry and warm,  also in wet,
cold weather a flannel  bandage around the bowels.   In
colic from  indigestion, a cup of black coffee immediately
taken is strongly recommended.

Congestion and  Stagnation  of Blood in  the Abdomen.
   That process, by which disease is generated and grows,
depends upon certain laws, which in no case appear in more
constant regularity, than in producing the different kinds of
congestions.  The three great divisions of the body—head,
breast, and abdomen—are, at certain periods of man's life,
successively, the places  for  congestions and stagnation. 
congestion and stagnation of blood.      287
Thus the head inclines to be congested in childhood, the
breast in youth up to thirty or thirty-five  years  (hence, in
this period most all  lung-diseases occur), and, finally, the
abdomen in middle age, from thirty-five to old age (hence
in this period  so many bowel-diseases, such as hypochron-
dria, piles, dyspepsia, etc., take place.)  One of the  most
natural  causes for these various diseases is the determination
of blood to  the abdomen.  We must not increase, by our
mode of living, this natural tendency to  congestion; as,
if  neglected or mistreated, its cure will be very difficult.
   Diagnosis. — Persons troubled with this disease have a
sensation  of heat and  burning  in the stomach,  together
Avith the feeling of heaviness, hardness, and tension in the
lower part of  the abdomen.
   Treatment. —Nux vomica and Sulphur are the principal
remedies.
   Nux vomica.  Especially for persons who lead a seden-
tary life, are constipated, have pains in the loins,  hips,
and back, as if broken and very weak ; hardness and ten-
sion of the abdomen;  can not bear the pressure of the
clothing around the waist.
   Sulphur.  After Nux  vomica  has relieved  partially, in
all cases, even the most  obstinate, where  constipation, hy-
pochondriacal  and  hemorrhoidal symptoms  are  present;
Nux vomica alternately Avith Sulphur, every second or third
day a dose (four to six glob) until four doses of each are
taken, will generally be sufficient to relieve; if not, repeat
it, after an interval of  from eight to fourteen  days, during
which time no medicine must be taken.
   Arsenic and Carbo veg.   Administered in the same  man-
ner, if there is great weakness, with  tendency to  diarrhea
and flatulency.
   Capsicum.  If the evacuations  are soft, trifling, slimy, 
288     AFFECTIONS OF  THE STOMACH AND  BOWELS.

Avatery, giA'e tAvice or three times a dose (four glob.), until
better.
   Other remedies to be used successively,  but slowly, are :
Pulsatilla,  Sepia, Belladonna, Mercury,  Lachesis, Lycopo-
dium.
   Diet and Regimen. — Exercise on foot and horseback ;
the systematic use of cold Avater (see "  Hydropathy) ;  reg-
ularity of all habits and cheerfulness of  mind are necessary.
   Diet. — See "Piles."

   Inflammation  of the Diaphragm.  (Diaphragmitis.)
   This disease resembles pleurisy very much ; sharp, shoot-
ing pains under the short-ribs ; Averse on pressing bet\\Teen
or below the ribs, on sneezing, coughing, inhaling, or strik-
ing the body ; relieAred by bending the  body forward ; fre-
quently  there is hiccough present.
   Causes. — The same as in pleurisy.   We have only to
add, that external injuries, such as blows, falls on the ribs di-
reclty or a jarring of the diaphragm by a jump on the heels and
feet, or (as in little children it is often the  case) a twisting
or unnatural turning  of the  body, are  the  most  frequent
causes of this disease.
   Treatment.—The same as in "Pleurisy."
   The principal remedies are :  Bryonia, Aconite, Nux vom.,
Chamomile.  This latter, particularly in infants and chil-
dren, Avhen they are SAvollen  around  the short-ribs, where
the slightest touch can not be borne  without screaming  or
stoppage of breath (see, in "Diseases  of Children," " Liver-
grown.")   Nux vomica when Chamomile seems to be insuf-
ficient, and there is extreme  constipation.
   If caused by external injuries, Arnica externally, in solu-
tion, and internally, in alternation with  Aconite, every hour
or two hours a dose (six glob.) must be used until better. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE  STOMACH.
289
  Administration,  Diet  and  Regimen, the same as in
" Pleurisy."

               Abdominal  Inflammation.
  We  now proceed to the  inflammations of those organs
which  lay between the peritoneum, or that  serous  mem-
brane which envelops, as within a sack, all  the abdominal
viscera.  The inflammations of these organs have this  one
peculiar feature in regard to the pulse,  that the higher the
inflammation runs, the smaller and more suppressed, often
wiry, the pulse appears ; and that the pulse itself, as an indi-
cation  of inflammation, is frequently  inconsiderable, at
least, only discoverable by hard pressure.

       1. Inflammation of the Stomach.   (Gastritis.)
   Diagnosis. — This is a dangerous disease, and ought not
to  be  treated by  laymen; but, on account of  its rapid
course, we feel  the necessity of introducing it here, in
order  to enable  every one to diminish, or take away en-
tirely its danger, by applying those remedies which have a
specific bearing upon it.
   Gastritis is characterized by a constant, violent, burning,
and stitching pain in the gastric regions, increased by pres-
sure, respiration, or taking  any kind of food ; besides this,
there is  heat, sAvelling, and tension, with pulsation in the
region of the stomach ;  nothing will stay on  the stomach,
not even pure water ; although there is great thirst, yet water
is frequently rejected, because sometimes, besides other vio-
 lent nervous fits and convulsions, hydrophobic symptoms oc-
 cur, with tetanic spasms, great and sudden prostration ; faint-
 ing ; the pulse gets smaller, more wiry ; extremities cooler,
 and the restless  anxiety greater, the higher the  inflamma-
 tion is.  Death takes place, either by gangrene (which is an-
 nounced by sudden  cessation  of all pain,  small, remitting
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290     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH  AND BOAVELS.
pulse, scarcely perceptible, hands and feet icy cold), or by
nervous paralysis, with spasms and fainting fits, together
with symptoms of the utmost debility.  Signs of improve-
ment are, when the pulse becomes larger and broader, the
pains less severe, without ceasing  entirely, and  the hands
and  feet warmer.
   This disease may, after an improper treatment, pass into
chronic inflammation,  induration, or  ulceration of the
stomach.
   Causes. — Bilious diarrheas, if suddenly checked;  acrid
poisons taken  into the  stomach;  abuse of  emetics and
ardent spirits; transfer  of  gout;  suppressed secretions;
external injuries'; or drinking of ice water when heated.
   Treatment. —Aconite is the first remedy to be given, if
the  pains are severe, and the heat great in the stomach, or
when  a chill preceded the affection, or when  it was caused
by taking cold drinks  when overheated.
   Administration. —  Dissolve twelve glob,  in half a tea-
cupful of water; give  every twenty or thirty minutes  a tea-
spoonful until ten spoonfuls are taken; if then  not better,
select another remedy, which must be prepared and  given
in the same manner, until better, or another  remedy is
 necessary.
   Bryonia.  Generally after Aconite or Ipecac.
   Ipecac.   After Aconite, if vomiting predominates, and the
 disease was caused by indigestion, but the tongue is  clear.
   Antimon.  Under similar symptoms  as Ipecac;  but the
 tongue has a thick coating of  white or yellowish mucus.
   Pulsatilla  .After Ipecac or Bryonia, or when the disease
 was caused by indigestion, or a chill in the stomach from
 having taken ice.
   Arsenic.   For a similar condition, but there  is a rapid
failure of strength, pale, sunken countenance, cold extremi-
 ties ;  alternately Avith  Veratrum. 
              inflammation  of the BOWELS.          291

   Veratrum.   For similar symptoms (see  "Asiatic Chol-
era.")
  Belladonna  and  Hyoscyamus,  alternately,  if nervous,
spasmodic, hydrophobic symptoms appear ; drowsiness, de-
lirium, loss of consciousness.
  Arnica.   In case external injuries were the cause of th e
disease.
  Nux vomica and Lachesis, in alternation, if abuse  of
ardent spirits caused the gastritis ; after which,
  Lachesis and Arsenic may be alternated Avith  benefit.
   Cantharis.  In the most violent cases, particularly when
the burning pain is intolerable ; alternately with Coffea.
   Opium and Camphor, alternately, if  no remedy seems to
ameliorate the case ; drowsiness and stupor,  particularly
in drunkards;  afterward,  give other suitable remedies
which will have a better effect.
   For gastritis from acrid poisons, see " Poisoning."  After
the poison is removed, treat as above.
  For the  chronic  form of the disease, see  "Dyspepsia,
Cardialgia, Spasms of the Stomach."
   Diet and  Regimen. — As during the hight  of the dis-
ease nothing will stay on the stomach, it is better  to offer
the patient nothing but water;  afterward the mildest gruel,
made of  rice  or flour, milk and water, buttermilk, gum-
arabic water, milk toast.  Continue this diet for some time
before it is  changed for a  stronger one; and then only
soups and  mild vegetables.
  Externally apply, if necessary, on the stomach, fomen-
tations of hops, mustard draughts on the  feet, and, if pos-
sible, a lukeAvarm bath.

       2. Inflammation of the Bowels.  (Enteritis.)
   This disease occurs in two  varieties; either idiopathic,
where no other  disease preceded it, or symptomatic, when 
292     AFFECTIONS OF THE  STOMACH AND  BOWELS.

it appears in consequence of other diseases, such  as  " Ty-
phus," etc.  The former is very acute, but of rare occur-
rence, and involves in its sphere the mucous membrane, as
well as  the submucous tissue  and peritoneal coat—a very
painful  and dangerous  disease ;  Avhile  the  latter, not  so
acute in its course, occurs more frequently, attacking the
mucous membrane of the intestines, mostly  in  portions;
being, on that account, not so painful and dangerous, but
sometimes leading to ulcerations of the bowels.
   Diagnosis of the idiophatic or very acute form.— Violent
burning or pungent pain, permanently on one  spot  of the
abdomen, generally in the region of the  navel;  increased
by the  slightest  touch  or movement; with tension, heat,
and bloatedness  of the abdomen; obstinate constipation;
vomiting of slime or bile, finally of faeces  (ileus miserere) ;
violent  thirst, yet cold drinks do not agree; sobbing, anx-
iety ; restlessness ; pulse  small, contracted as  in  gastritis ;
urine frequently suppressed.
   The fatal termination of this disease occurs  under simi-
lar symptoms  as in gastritis by gangrene ; the most violent
pain  suddenly disappearing, pulse sinking, remittent, im-
perceptible ; involuntary, cadaverously fetid stools.
   The symptoms of recovery are the same as  in gastritis.
In regard to the obstinate constipation Avhich is such a con-
stant symptom in this disease, we would remark  that this
does not constitute or cause the disease, but is its natural
consequence, and disappears as  soon as  the  inflammation,
by the proper remedies, is reduced.  Any violent attempt,
by severe medicines, to  effect  a  passage, would only add
to the inflammation, and  hasten  a fatal  result.  The best
expedient for this purpose is,  besides the medicines  to  be
mentioned hereafter, injections of tobacco smoke, which
relieve  the pain, or lukewarm baths, which  destroy  the
spasms, often  remaining after the  inflammation is subdued. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE  BOWELS.
293
  Treatment. — Aconite must be used first, as directed in
gastritis.  It is  the  principal remedy, as long as the ac-
companying fever is intense—the skin very hot.
  In severe cases, Arsenic and Veratrum after it, in a simi-
lar manner, as directed in gastritis.
  In less severe cases, Lachesis, Belladonna, and Mercury,
in alternation, will suffice, if  the  skin has become cooler,
from  the  application  of  Aconite,  but  there still  remain
great soreness of the abdomen and intense thirst.
  These medicines must be separately dissolved in water
(twelve glob, to half a teacupful),  and  every two hours,
alternately, a teaspoonful  given, until  three or four tea-
spoonfuls of each are taken,  or until better.
  But in the severest  cases, when vomiting of faeces ap-
pears (ileus miserere),
   Opium  must be administered, every hour a dose (four
glob.),  and if not relieved  within six,  eight, or twelve
hours,
  Plumbum, in the same manner.   It is in this stage where
injections of an infusion  of  tobacco, or injecting tobacco
smoke,  is of the greatest benefit; also a lukewarm bath, to
relax the whole system, and  facilitate a decided reaction.
  Diagnosis of the  symptomatic or subacute  form. — This
is ahvays a concomitant symptom in typhus, or other ma-
lignant  fevers; also  in consumption  of the  bowels.   The
pain of the abdomen consists of a soreness,  aggravated by
hard pressure, and after cold drinks and indigestible  food ;
the tongue is red, smooth, sometimes shining; loss of ap-
petite ;  thirst  variable;  constant  dryness  in the  mouth
and throat; nausea  and vomiting are more or less present,
the more so, the  nearer the  inflamed portions of the intes-
tines are  to the  stomach.  When the  lower  parts  are
more inflamed, which is indicated  by  the pain  in that
region,  diarrhea of a slimy mucus, often mixed with blood, 
294     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.
is present as in  dysentery.   This is particularly the case
in the beginning.  Consumption of the boAvels, such as nurs-
ing females are  sometimes subject to,  see  "Diseases of
Females."
  Treatment. — If this disease occurs in typhus or other
malignant  fevers, see their  respective  chapters.   In the
commencement  of  a typhus,  if the pain in the abdomen
is  excessive, give a few doses  of  Aconite, every  two or
three hours one (four glob.);  after which  give  Bryonia
and  Rhus tox. (in a half a teacupful of water, twelve glob.
dissolved),  every two hours,  alternately,  a teaspoonful.
See " Typhus Fever."
   If  it  resembles a bloody dysentery,  after the  use of
Aconite as above, give Belladonna and Mercury in alterna-
tion  (dissolve of each twelve  glob, in  half a teacupful of
water), every hour a teaspoonful, until better ; after which
Nitric acid generally  suits, particularly if the patient has
already taken a good deal of  calomel; or  Colocynth, if
bilious, green matter is vomited or  discharged by the dys-
enteric operation.   For the application of these medicines,
and  of  Sulphur, which  is important in  this disease, see
" Dysentery."
   If worms  are suspected to be the  cause of the inflam-
mation  of the  bowels, or  are complicated with  it, see
" Worms."
   If the disease resembles or runs  into  consumption of the
bowels,  see  "Diarrhea"   and  "Diarrhea  of  lying-in
Women."
   The chronic form of this disease  requires the same rem-
edies, only administered not so often, because  the symp-
toms are less urgent.
   In all seArere  cases of this  kind,  it would be indispensa-
bly necessary to apply to  a homoeopathic physician, if one
can be had.
   Diet and Rec imen the same  as in " Gastritis." 
INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER.
295
        Inflammation of the Liver.   (Hepatitis.)

  Diagnosis. — This  inflammation differs according to  its
place in the liver.
  a. When the surface and the convex, or upper part, of
the liver is inflamed, there are in the right hypochondria
sometimes  stitches, at other times burning pains, often as
violent  as  in pleurisy,  shooting to the breast-bone,  the
right shoulder-blade increased  by deep  respiration, fre-
quently accompanied with cough and vomiting;  in  this
form the patient can not lay on the right side.
  b. When the concave, or loAver part, and the substance of
the  liver  is  inflamed, there is not so much pain, but more
a feeling of pressing, heaviness, as of  a bag lying  in  that
region; the color of the eyes and face becomes yellowish,
as  if jaundice were  present;  bitter taste, and vomiting;
in this form the patient can not lay on the left side.
   In both  forms general inflammatory fever is present more
or less, and the region of the liver  sensitive to pressure,
and apparently bloated  and hot.  The first form may be
mistaken  for pleurisy, as  the  symptoms are very similar;
but, as in  such a case the treatment would be the same, no
danger can result from such a mistake.
   If hepatitis is not well treated, it  has -the tendency to
pass into  the  chronic  state,  forming ulcerations, which
either appear  externally or communicate  internally  with
the intestines or the  lungs, causing inflammation of these
organs  ; indurations,  adhesion, gangrene are also issues of
neglected  hepatitis.
   Causes. — Summer heat and  hot climate predispose to
 this disease ; also, the  abuse  of  ardent spirits ; beside,  it
 is excited  by external lesions, concussion of the brain, sud-
 denly suppressed diarrhea or dysentery, hemorrhoidal con-
 gestion, or strong emetics or purgatives, the abuse of  mer- 
296     affections of the stomach and bowels.
cury, the presence  of stones in the gall-bladder, indiges-
tion, violent  passion or anger, particularly when immedi-
ately followed by drinking ardent spirits.
  Treatment. — The following are the principal remedies
necessary for the  acute  form  of this  disease:  Aconite,
Chamomile,  Bryonia,  China, Belladonna,  Mercury,  Nux
vomica, Pulsatilla,  Sulphur, Lachesis.
  For the species a. are more suitable : Aconite, Belladonna,
Bryonia, Mercury, Lachesis, Sulphur.
  For the species b., Aconite, Chamomile,  Mercury, Pulsa-
tilla,  China,  Nux vomica,  Sulphur.
  For chronic affections, such as enlargement and induration
of the liver (liver complaint) : Nux vomica, Sulphur.
  (Other serious chronic  diseases must be treated  by  a
homoeopathic physician.)
  Symptomatic Detail. — Aconite.  At the commencement
of the treatment, when there is violent inflammatory fever,
shooting pain in the region of the  liver, tossing about, fear
of death,  and anguish ; pain seems to be insupportable.
  Belladonna.  Pressing pains extending to the chest and
shoulders; fullness in the pit of the stomach  and around
the short-ribs; difficult and anxious  respiration; anxious
tossing and  sleeplessness;  thirst, dryness of  the mouth
and  throat;  headache, with clouded sight,  and vertigo,
Avith fainting.  Suitable after Aconite, and alternately  with
Lachesis or Mercury.
  Bryonia.   Pressing  pains, with  fullness  in the  hypo-
chondria; violent oppression of the chest;  rapid and  anx-
ious  breathing; tongue yelloAvish and thickly coated, fol-
lowed by fever  and thirst; pains  worse  by  movement;
constipation.   Suitable after Aconite, or alternately  with
Mercury.
  Mercury.   Patient can not lie long on the right side ; pains
are pressing and shooting ; bitter taste in the mouth ; thirst 
inflammation of the liver.
297
and shivering ;  skin and eyes yellowish.  After it Lachesis
and Sulphur are suitable.
  Lachesis.   If Belladonna or Mercury are insufficient, or
when the patient is in the habit of drinking  ardent spirits.
  Sulphur.   In every case  of hepatitis,  either at the end
of the cure,  or when the  preceding remedies have produced
no perceptible amelioration Avithin a few days.
   Chamomile.  In hepatitis after taking cold ; when caused
by violent  anger, or when there are dull, pressing pains,
not aggravated by movement,  respiration,  or  external pres-
sure ; yellow color  of the  skin; pressure in the stomach;
gastric bilious state of the stomach ; tongue coated; bitter
taste in the mouth ; fits of anguish.
  Pulsatilla.   In  hepatitis  from indigestion,  alternately
with  China; nausea, bitter  taste in the mouth, tongue
coated ;  oppression of the chest; tension  around the short-
ribs ; fits of anguish in the night, Avith loose, greenish, and
slimy evacuations.
   China. After indigestion, or when there  is  shooting
and pressing, swelling and hardness of  the hepatic region ;
pressing headache ; bitter taste in the mouth and yellowish
coat on the tongue.
  Nux  vomica.  After a fit  of passion,  or when there is
shooting and beating under the short-ribs  of the right side,
excessively tender  when touched ; nausea, with sour and
bitter taste; fits of anguish; shortness  of  breath, thirst,
vertigo,  and headache; suitable  for  drunkards, and in
chronic liver affections, previous to Sulphur.
   Administration. — Dissolve of  the  remedy  selected
tAvelve globules in half a teacupful of water, and give every
tAvo hours a teaspoonful, until three or four spoonfuls  are
taken, or until another remedy is indicated by the change
of  symptoms;  as  the  patient gets better,  lengthen  the
intervals ; as soon as greatly relieved, discontinue alFmedi-
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298     affections of the stomach and bowels.

cine  for forty-eight hours, when one dose (four glob.) of
Sulphur may be administered to complete the cure.
  In chronic  hepatitis, give of the necessary remedy only
once in twenty-four  hours a dose (four glob.) for two or
three days ; then discontinue six or eight days before  the
next remedy is given.
  Diet and  Regimen. — No meat  or meat  soups of  any
kind, but  farinaceous substances—rice and oatmeal  gruel,
sweetened and made palatable by lemon-juice,  lemonade,
cold or warm, prunes stewed  or boiled in gruels,  baked
apples, toasted bread, toast-water, cold water alone.  Keep
the patient quiet and comfortable as regards temperature.

                  Jaundice.  (Icterus.)
   Diagnosis. — This disease, well  known by the yellow
color it imparts to all the Avhite parts of the body, is not to
be considered dangerous of itself, but becomes only so by
neglect, Avhen other  serious disorders, hectic fever, dropsy,
etc., may  follow.  In most  cases it is the  result of neg-
lected liver  diseases, or is  caused by taking cold  which
affected the liver ; also,  by worms or gall-stones, obstruct-
ing the gall-duct, or is induced by excessive mental emo-
tions.  In jaundice the  bowels become  constipated, and if
faeces pass, they are hard and whitish ; the urine is orange
colored, and the skin dry, or, if moist, it is from weakness,
and the perspiration imparts a yellow color  to the patient's
linen.
   Treatment. — The principal object must be to increase,
by degrees, the healthy action of the skin ; the patient, there-
fore, ought to keep warmly covered  in bed in a Avarm room,
and take, for the first three or four days, Mercury, morning,
noon, and night a dose  (four glob.) ; if not  better at the
expiration of four days, give Hepar, in the same manner;
but if signs of amelioration appear, give it at longer inter- 
INFLAMMATION OF THE SPLEEN.          299
vals ;  this course generally removes the disease in eight or
ten days,  during which time the patient must  keep in  an
equal, warm temperature and perspiration.   In very obsti-
nate cases Lachesis, Nitric  acid, Sulphur,  may be given
 afterward in the  same manner.
   If jaundice is complicated with  fever, see  " Inflamma-
tion of the  Liver."
   If it is caused by abuse of  Mercury, see  medicinal dis-
eases,  under the head of "Mercury."
   Diet and Regimen, as in " Hepatitis."

       Inflammation of the Spleen.  (Splenitis.)
   Diagnosis. — Sharp, pressing, or shooting  pains in the
left side, below the short-ribs ;  the spleen  on pressure is
painful, and when pressed upward excites cough and nausea
in the stomach,  sometimes  vomiting of blood; if fever is
present, it is very high, with all the concomitant symptoms
of  inflammation  of internal organs.  The region of the
spleen is enlarged and congested.
   Causes. — Similar to those of inflammation of  the liver,
besides the abuse of quinine or Peruvian bark ; also, living in
a marshy region causes congestion of the spleen, and conse-
quently inflammation, under otherwise trifling circumstances.
   Treatment. — We have  an  acute  and  chronic form.
For the acute, Aconite, Bryonia, and  China are  the  prin-
cipal  remedies, to be administered as  directed in hepatitis.
   If vomiting  of blood is present, or sometimes even the
blood  is discharged by the stools, Arnica, Rhus tox., and
Arsenic, followed by China, are necessary,  one remedy
after the other, in the same manner as above.
   For the  chronic  form,  enlargement, induration of the
spleen (fever  cake),  Sulphur,   Calcarea  carb.,   Ferrum,
Lycopodium, Carbo veg. are the principal remedies ; admin-
istration as directed in the  chronic form of hepatitis ; but 
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it is strongly recommended to procure the aid of a skillful
homoeopathic physician for its treatment.
  Diet and Regimen, as in " Hepatitis."

                        Worms.
  Every part of the  system  can, under favorable circum-
stances, create and sustain  worms, or other  imperfectly
organized animals ;  thus, the skin, liver,  lungs, kidneys,
even the brain  and  eyes, in some animals, are  favorable
places  for their generation, the species of animals varying
according to  the organ  attacked.   Worms are  most fre-
quently found in the intestinal canal; there are three kinds
of worms met with, the Ascaris, or pinworms (ascaris ver-
micularis),  Mawworms  (ascaris  lumbricoides), and the
Tapeworm (taenia), of which there are tAvo varieties:
  a. The broad one (taenia lata), varying from three to
twelve feet  in length, seldom comes away entire, but in
joints; and
  b. The solitary tapeworm (taenia solium), with long and
slender joints,  sometimes reaching the length  of  thirty
feet.
  Diagnosis. — It  is  frequently  not  an  easy matter to
decide positively on the presence of worms in the system,
as most  all those symptoms  which could  lead to such a
conclusion are also met  with in other diseases, save the
one  symptom, surest of  all,  that  is, the passage of some
worms, or  undoubted pieces  of them.  This uncertainty
in the diagnosis of the  worm disease is no less annoying
and embarrassing for an  allopathic practitioner; as his pre-
scriptions are  dangerous  and, in most  cases, without good
or decided result for the little patient,  as with  the worms
their  cause  is not  always  expelled.   Homoeopathy, on
account of its guiding principle, avoids either of the two
dangerous issues, and, prescribing for the ostensible &ymp- 
WORMS.
301
toms as they reflect the inAvard  disease, cures and eradi-
cates  this surely,  safely, and  mildly.   Merely expelling
the worms, by remedies which have no specific  bearing
upon the worm disease, is of no essential use, and requires
often enormous quantities of poisonous and dangerous stuff
before one of the  worms is sickened, killed, or expelled.
Yes, I have seen the foundation of painful chronic diseases
laid by the over-medication in presumed or real  cases of
worms ;  there are even  cases  where  children have  died
under  the operation  of  those drugs, which  allopathists
believe to be obliged to apply in such dangerous doses.
The most irrational, nay, a real lottery business, is the use
of those manifold nostrums, in  the shape  of lozenges, syr-
ups, etc.,  which generally contain  one  or more specific
anti-worm remedies ;  for instance, worm-seed, or pink-root,
which in small and not offensive doses given would  produce
salutary effects, but in the  combination of dangerous pur-
gatives expose the little patients to death  or misery; at
least,  the  smallest number escape  unhurt,  most  of them
receiving injuries of the abdomen, the bad consequences of
Avhich impede  not a  little the future development of the
child.
   Worms, as such,  are not  dangerous.  They have  no
teeth, and consequently can not eat  children up alive.  It
is true,  they can and will  disturb the quiet and rest of a
child, and make it pick  at the nose, or cough, or cry out
suddenly, or even have fits, etc.; yet all this is only produced
by the worms having been made restless, by the presence
of sickness in the  system, which  causes them to touch  the
walls  of the  intestines, usually  avoided by them—living
in and of the mass of mucus and  other nutritive substances,
Avith Avhich the system had been indiscriminately, and in too
large  quantities burdened with.   As soon as the system
recovers from its own disease, either from cold or irregu- 
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larity of diet, the worms return to their usual, unobtrusive
quiet again, giving no signs of their existence, nor  causing
alarm.  Every  person, more  or less, has worms,  without
the least injury to the system.   Neither is it absolutely the
quantity of themd Avhich is the  most dangerous^'quality  of
this disease ; ^  few worms can cause as many fits, or other
spasmodic  symptoms, as whole clusters  of them.   It de-
pends altogether on the accompanying disease ; and this it
is which we Avill have to treat, before  we  can expect the
worms to leave the system (which I have seen frequently,
after a dose of  the homoeopathic preparation  of Sulphur),
or to be absorbed (digested  and reduced  to  mucus, from
which they originated.)   This latter is the most common
result of homoeopathic medicines in this disease.   In such
cases, the children show signs of improvement, as  soon  as
their abdomen becomes  reduced in size and  hardness ; their
complexion improves, they become more agile, grow better
in hight, and sleep quiet.
   And this result is always attained by the  judicious use of
homoeopathic medicines  in this  disease, in whatever form it
may appear; for instance, as fits, diarrhea,  scrofula., etc.
Fits, occasioned by worms, are not in the least dangerous,
and only become so by unwisely dealing with them.
   The principal symptoms, by which the presence of worms
in the  system  is indicated,  are the  following: the com-
plexion  of the patient is  pale and  changeable ; livid cir-
cles around the eyes ; accumulation of saliva in the mouth
in the  morning, and when not having taken nourishment
for some time; irregular appetite;  nausea;  fetid breath;
great hunger; picking and boring at the  nose, with sneez-
ing ; abdomen enlarged, but not hard ; frequent distressing
pain  in  the  stomach, in  the  region of the  navel,  which
forces the patient to  draw up the limbs  against the abdo-
men, or lay on the stomach when going to  sleep; pupils of 
DISEASES CAUSED  BY THE PRESENCE OF WORMS.  303
the eye dilated; bleeding at the  nose;  starting, as if from
fright, during sleep, also grinding of the teeth ; disposition
to spasms, and unusual emaciation.   The surest sign, how-
ever,  is the discharge of worms, or parts of worms.
   Signs of tapeworm, in particular,  are : a sensation, as of
something suddenly rising from the left side into the throat
and falling  back, or as if a lump in one or the other side
was making an undulatory motion ; dizziness, particularly
in the morning, before eating.
   Signs of ascarides, or pin-worms, especially, are : itching
in the anus, more in the evening or at night; difficulty of
making urine ;  tenesmus;  apparent  hemorrhoidal  com-
plaints ; discharge of mucus from the  rectum, bladder, or
vagina (fluor albus.)
   Signs of maw-worm, or lumbricus, particularly, are : all
the above general symptoms of  worms, but frequently
stomach-ache, which is relieved after drinking  sweet, cold
milk.

        Diseases caused by the Presence of Worms.
   Infancy is the age, when, on account of the general pre-
dominancy of nutrition, laxity and weakness by accumula-
tion of mucus in  the intestines preponderate ;  and conse-
quently, those remote causes for the generation of worms,
which may be favored even  by circumstantial ones, such
as flabby constitution of the child, damp habitation, and
other  epidemical and endemical influences.
   This variety of the remote causes of worms gives rise to
an equal variety of diseases, flowing from the same source
(the  worms), yet different, according  to their exciting
causes.   Thus these diseases vary, from the most trifling
illness, to the most severe colics, and dangerous  fevers.
The worms create, operating on the nervous system by sym-
pathy, convulsions, all kinds of spasms, epilepsy, St. Vitus' 
304     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND  BOWELS.
dance (chorea), somnambulism, periodical paralysis, insan-
ity, fury.
  On the  vascular or blood system : fevers, congestions to
bowels, hemorrhages, eruptions on the skin, appearing in
irregular blotches of a scarlet color.
  On the  reproductive system  (the  intestines themselves) :
pains, spasms, increased secretion and accumulation of mu-
cus, diarrhea, dysentery, worm colic.
  Treatment. — The principal remedies  for the diseases
produced by worms on the nervous system, as above stated,
are : Ignatia, Cina cc  , Nux vomica, Hyosciamus, Belladon-
na, Spigelia, Sulphur.
  On the vascular or blood  system:  Aconite,  Belladonna,
Hyosciamus, Cina, Ferrum, Mercury, Sulphur, Silicea.
  On the  reproductive system, or  the intestines : Aconite,
Belladonna, Cina and Cina00', Mercury, Sulphur, Spigelia.
(For the detail of these medicines, see beloAv.)
  Especially against  tape-worms, the most  suitable reme-
dies are :  Mercury and Sulphur, to be given  every four or
six  days, alternately, a  dose  (six  glob.),  after  which
Calcarea carb., Graphites, Stannum, may  be given in the
same way, if necessary.   If not then  relieved, apply to a
homoeopathic physician.
  Against ascarides (pin-worms) : Aconite and Ignatia, or
China and Mercury, or Calcarea carb. and Ferrum, or  Cina
and Sulphur, alternately,  every second or third evening a
dose, until better.   An injection every evening of an ounce
of pure sweet oil (Olive oil), without any other admixture,
is  an excellent adjunct against these troublesome  worms.
The ascarides lodge never higher up in the abdomen  than
the rectum ;  therefore, can be expelled easily,  or killed.
  Against maw-worms, or worms  in  the  intestinal  canal,
are generally appropriate:  Aconite, Belladonna,  Hyosci-
amus, Mercury, Cina, and  Cina cc', Sulphur, Silicea,  Spi- 
      DISEASES CAUSED  BY THE PRESENCE OF WORMS.  305

gelia, Ferrum, Ignatia, Nux vomica; but in particular dis-
eases caused by maw-worms, as MIoavs :
   a.  For colic, with fever :  Cina cc*, Aconite,  Belladonna,
Hyosciamus, Mercury.
   b. For colic with convulsions :  Cina cc-, Belladonna, Hy-
osciamus.
   c For colic with diarrhea and voracious appetite:  Spi-
gelia.
   d.  ¥ or fever:  Aconite, Spigelia, Silicea.
   For slow fever in scrofulous children :  Silicea.
   Symptomatic Detail. — Aconite.  In the commencement
of all cases, where considerable fever  exists; restlessness
at night;  irritability of  temper ; also,  in cases without
fever, when there is, from the  presence  of ascarides, con-
tinual itching and burning at the anus;  and then  alter-
nately Avith Ignatia.
   Administration. — In  fever, every two or three hours  a
dose  (infant children above one year of age three glob.),
repeated tAvo or three times, until the  fever  abates, when
another  remedy will  be necessary.  In cases of ascarides,
alternately with Ignatia, every evening a dose (two or three
glob.)
   Ignatia.   In pin-worms, or ascarides  (see Aconite.)   In
maw-worms, when  there  are spasmodic twitchings in the
muscles  of the arms, as if the St. Vitus' dance  was  com-
mencing.   In this latter case,  alternately with  Sulphur,
every eA^ening a dose (two or three glob.)
   Sulphur.   At the end  of every case  of  worm affection,
after other remedies have either subdued the fever, or mit-
igated the nervous symptoms.   Give  every evening  one
dose  (two or three glob.) for three evenings, and then wait
from six to eight  days, before another remedy is applied,
or the same repeated, if necessary.
   Cina.   This is one of  the most important remedies, par- 
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ticularly when there is boring at the nose, fever  (after the
application of Aconite) ; irritability ;  restlessness at night;
desire for  things  which are rejected when offered;  pale,
bloated  face, with livid circles around the eyes ;  craving
for food, even after  a meal; the  child wants bread,  pota-
toes, and other gross victuals ; colic; griping; distention
and hardness of the abdomen ;  discharge of pin and  large
worms ;  diarrhea ; weakness of the limbs; the child can
not  stand  any more on its feet;  spasmodic movements  in
the limb.
   Administration, see Aconite.
   Cina cr-.   When the children are very nervous, cry out
 in their sleep, or have  severe colic pains, give every one  or
 two hours a dose (two or three glob.), until better, or another
 remedy is necessary.   Where children cry out in the night,
 groan, and are restless, give  every evening only one  dose
 (two or three glob.) until better.
   Spigelia.   In severe cases of worm colic, fever, and diar-
 rhea, Avith craving  appetite and chilliness, or  where the
 symptoms appear regularly at the same time of the day.
   Administration in acute cases the same  as Aconite in
 fever.   In chronic cases, every  evening a  dose  (tAvo or
 three glob.)
   Hyosciamus.   In worm  fevers, when  the patients are
 very nervous, restless, cry out, want to run  off, and stool
 or urine passes off involuntarily.
    Administration as in Aconite.
    Belladonna.   Worm  colic  after the  administration  of
 Aconite, when great pains  remain  in the stomach, which
 are relieved by lying on the bowels, starting in the sleep,
 sensibility to light, headache ; on awaking, the child does
 not  know where it is, etc.   Particularly useful in scrofu-
 lous children, with distended abdomen and red cheeks, or
 where  red blotches,  like erysipelas, appear on  different 
DISEASES CAUSED BY THE  PRESENCE OF WORMS.  307
parts of the body.   In  such cases,  in  alternation with
Silicea.
  Administration in acute and chronic cases, the same  as
Aconite.
  Mercury.   In worm diarrhea,  swelling  and hardness  of
the  abdomen,  and when  there is unusual flow of saliva
from the mouth.
  Administration as in  Spigelia,  after which it is suitable.
  Nux  vomica.  Worm symptoms with  constipation (the
child has frequent, but  insufficient calls to stool), and irri-
tability.
  Administration as in  Mercury.
   China.  In worm diarrhea, when it has already lasted
some time;  distention  of the abdomen; debility;  great
appetite ; pains in  the stomach  after every  meal.  Suits
well in alternation with  Veratrum,  particularly when  the
stools are light colored.
  Administration as in  Mercury.
  Ferrum.  When there  is vomiting and accumulation of
watery  fluid in the mouth.
   Silicea.  If a worm  fever assumes the  slow,  chronic
form, with or  without  diarrhea, particularly in  scrofulous
children.
   Administration as in  Sulphur.
   Diet and Regimen. — In worm fever,  adhere  to  the
diet recommended for  common  fever.   In severe worm
colic, give  as a palliative, cold, sweet milk, from time to
time.   In diarrhea, avoid acids, fruits, and  all indigestible
articles; give,  rather, soups of mutton or lamb, Avith  rice.
Avoid,  in chronic worm diseases, heavy, gross nourishment,
such as too much bread and butter, potatoes, heavy pud-
dings, pies, raw or boiled  vegetables; but meat-soups of
any kind, meat, roasted  or  broiled, plenty of cold water 
308     AFFECTIONS OF  THE STOMACH AND BOAVELS.
and milk, are good.  Besides, bathing in cold Avater, and ex-
ercise in the open air.   (See "Hydropathy.")

              Constipation.   Costiveness.
   This term must not always be taken in the absolute sense
as a diseased state of the bowels ;  as there are persons who
naturally have only every two  or three  days an  evacua-
tion—a habit which frequently promotes rather than  dis-
turbs general health, if the latter is not interfered with by
an unwise  use of medicines, such as taking pills or ape-
rients of a drastic or saline nature.  As a general rule, we
can consider  it the normal state  of the bowels,  to have
one evacuation every day.  This ought to become a fixed
rule and habit, as it frequently regulates costiveness of the
bowels, Avithout the  use of any medicine.
   Some occupations of life  predispose  to costiveness, par-
ticularly those which allow but little  exercise.   Persons,
under  such circumstances, must abandon these occupations,
if possible, for a  length of time, take a great deal of exer-
cise  in the open air, change the diet  (see below),  and
make use of  cold water, externally and internally, in large
quantities (see  "Hydropathy.")   Nothing is  more inju-
rious than the continued use of medicinal aperients.   They
render the bowels, in time,  more costive  and torpid.  The
best expedient for facilitating  an immediate action on  the
bowels, if wanted, is  an injection, either of cold water,  if
the person otherwise is in health or the patient prefers it,
or lukeAvarm water,  sweet oil, or lard, and a small piece of
castile-soap dissolved in it, if the constipation has been very
obstinate, or  a quick evacuation is  wanted,  as in  children,
when they have fits, etc.
   In most cases of acute diseases, constipation is  only  one
of the many symptoms  constituting  the disease—not  the 
CONSTIPATION--COSTIVENESS.
309
disease itself; because it disappears as soon  as the  whole
complex of  symptoms has been taken away.*
   If, however,  constipation is the only or principal  symp-
tom in a  disease, as in miserere, lead colic, etc., we have
remedies  which  combat  it more safely  and  successfully
than all the aperients commonly used.   Cases of this kind,
however,  must  be treated by  experienced homoeopathic
physicians.
   Treatment.—We will now give  first a tabular view of
the  causes  and  complications  of constipations, with their
principal remedies, the  detailed symptoms of which  follow
below.  These must be consulted before a selection is made.
   Constipation in general, or a disposition for  it: Bryonia,
Nux vom., Lachesis, Lycopodium,  Sulphur, Sepia.
   In persons who lead a sedentary life :  Bryonia, Nux vom.,
Sulphur,  Opium, Platina, Lycopodium.
   In drunkards :  Lachesis, Nux vom., Opium, Sulphur.
   In old persons, or those of weakly constitutions, where
constipation often alternates with diarrhea :  Antimon. crud.,
 Conium,  Opium, Phosphorus.

   * One of the most striking cases of this kind, showing in a high degree
 the truth of the above statement, presented itself to me a few years ago,
in a lady who had been persuaded to take castor oil, three days after her
confinement, although in former cases of this kind she always had suf-
 fered very much after its use, from  irritation of the intestines.  After the
 administration of the castor  oil, a violent  and  painful  diarrhea appeared,
threatening fearful consequences for the life of the patient.   This was,
however, soon removed, by the  exhibition  of  China,  Mercury,  and
Pulsatilla,  and her health decidedly improved, from day to day,  her ap-
petite and strength returned, and she moved about as if she was well; yet
there was no disposition for evacuating, until on the twenty-second day after
 the  last evacuation, when it appeared, without any artificial means, in a
 perfectly healthy condition.  During the eight days previous to it, the pa-
 tient had been allowed a good nourishing diet, and enough of it, too.
   I have frequently had cases, where patients had no evacuations for eight,
ten, or twelve days; but I never have  experienced their suspension for
 twenty-two days, except in the above case. 
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   In pregnant women : Nux vom.,  Opium, Sepia.
   In  nursing infants : Bryonia, Nux vom.,  Opium,  Sul-
phur.
   In lying-in women :  Bryonia, Nux vom.
   In consumptives :  Stannum, Silicea, Sulphur.
   By traveling in a carriage :  Platina,  Opium.
   During sea-voyages :  Cocculus, Nux vom., Silicea.
   From poisoning by lead : See " Painter's Colic."
   From abuse  of purging medicines :  Opium, Nux vomica,
Lachesis.
   From abuse of quinine: Pulsatilla, Carbo veg., Veratrum.
   Symptomatic Detail. — Bryonia.   In all recent cases of
constipation during fevers or bilious attacks, where  head-
ache, chilliness and rheumatic pains predominate ; particu-
larly, also, in warm weather;  the  patient is of a  nervous,
irritable temperament.   After it, or in alternation Avith it,
Nux vomica.
   Nux  vomica.  Is of the most  frequent application  in
hypochondriacal persons, or those suffering from piles ;  also,
after  derangement of the stomach, when there is frequent
but ineffectual effort to evacuate, or a feeling as if the anus
were closed  or contracted; ill  humor, fullness of the  head,
can not bear the clothes tight around the waist.   After it,
or in alternation with it, Sulphur.
   Sulphur.  In  all cases of habitual costiveness,  or  where
Nux vomica was insufficient.
   Opium.   In all cases where there is great  torpidity of
the bowels,  and  a feeling as if the  anus were closed, but
without the frequent and ineffectual efforts to evacuate, as is
the case in  Nux vomica; the patient  only feels full  in his
bowels,  has congestion to the  head, with dark redness of
the face, slow and full pulse; this  remedy is  of  frequent
application in children, old persons, pregnant women, drunk-
ards, and hypochondriacal persons. 
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   Sepia.   In  cases where there is,  beside  constipation,
flashes of heat, sick-headache, a pressing down, particularly
 in pregnant women, or where Nux vomica, Opium, and Sul-
 phur have been insufficient.
   Platina.   In nervous females  and weakly hypochondri-
 acal persons, where the stool only appears in small pieces,
 followed  by tenesmus  and tingling in the anus ; shudder-
 ing, and  a  sensation of weakness in the abdomen ;  some-
 times, also, a  constrictive pain in the abdomen, and  inef-
 fectual desire to evacuate.  Compare Nux vomica.
   Lachesis.   A very useful remedy in obstinate constipa-
 tions during fevers, particularly  where abscesses of  inter-
 nal organs are existing or presumed to exist,  as in the
 liver, mesenteric glands, etc., or in alternation with
    Lycopodium.  Where an obstinate disposition to  consti-
 pation  is present, from constitutional causes, such as scrof-
 ula, which had fallen  on the  bowels after it disappeared
 from the skin, etc. ; if, in such  cases, these two remedies
 remove the costiveness, but the disease  attacks the  lungs
 and produces cough, which is  worse when a part  of the
 body gets cool by exposure, give Hepar sulph.   See  "Dys-
 pepsia."
    Antimon. crud.  In cases where constipation and diarrhea
 alternate, if one  ceases the other  sets  in;  the  stools are
 never regular.
    Phosphorus.  If Antimon. is insufficient, or when the
 patient is of a consumptive habit or has the consumption.
     Stannum.   If  Phosphorus   does  not suffice, or  when
 there is frequent but ineffectual  desire to evacuate, particu-
 larly in consumptives.
    Silicea.   Same as Stannum, when this is insufficient,  or
 in  children whose stomachs are distended and  hard, indi-
 cating worms or  swollen glands ;  also, in  dyspeptic per-
 sons, with heart-burn, sour taste in the mouth, etc. 
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   Cocculus.  See "Sea-sickness" and " Colic."
   Conium.  For old and weakly persons, who are troubled
with frequent but ineffectual efforts to  evacuate (after Nux
vomica) ; also, in scrofulous children, where the mesenteric
glands are swollen  (after Silicea), particularly  accompa-
nied with soreness of the abdomen.
   Pulsatilla.  In  similar cases, where Nux vomica  would
suit, but the temperament is mild and phlegmatic; or after
derangement of the stomach by fat  food, the patient ap-
pearing morose  and silent; also, 'after abuse of  quinine,
either with or withoutthe  return of the fever and ague, and
then in alternation with,
   Carbo veg.   This remedy,  particularly, when persons
have become Arery much debilitated, complain of rheumatism,
piles, or have the  consumption.
   Veratrum.  After Opium, when there is great torpor in
the  bowels, deficiency  of expulsive power; or  where the
abdomen becomes very tender to the  touch,  (and then  in
in alternation  with  Arsenic) ; see   "  Bilious  gastric
Fevers ;"  also, after abuse of quinine, when there is great
congestion to the head  and hypochondriacal feeling.
   Administration. — In cases where constipation exists as
the only troublesome symptom, give the medicine selected
in quick  succession and large  doses;  for instance,  Nux
vomica,  every three or four hours  a dose (six to eight glob.)
 for  one or two days, until  relief is obtained,  or  another
 remedy is chosen; or Lachesis and  Lycopodium, in alter-
 nation, three  times a  day a  dose (six glob.);  but where
constipation is habitual or constitutional, the remedies must
 be administered at longer intervals ; for instance, Nux vom-
 ica, every evening  a dose, (four glob.) for three or four
 days; then discontinue  an equal length  of  time without
taking medicine, after which either repeat it or select another
 remedy, if necessary, which in most cases will be Sulphur. 
DIARRHEA--LOOSENESS OF THE BOWELS.       313
  Diet and Regimen. — These are important agents in the
cure of constipation ; first of all is the habit of attending
to the  calls of nature carefully and regularly, at a certain
time, say after breakfast, though there should be no actual
result from it; secondly, the careful avoidance of all nour-
ishment which is confining in its character, such as salted
meats, cheese, rice,  wheaten flour, except these things are
mixed in a sufficient quantity Avith their opposites ; a loos-
ening  quality have : fresh meat, and soups  made  of it,
green vegetables, and fruits, except almonds or nuts ;  but
the chief  promoter  of a  healthy  action on  the  boAvels is
the frequent  and liberal use of cold water, internally and
externally, with bodily exercise in the open air; see "Hy-
dropathy."   The  cold and  ice water can  be drank freely
during and after a meal, Avithout the least inconvenience,
and ought  to  be preferred  to the use  of wines, brandies,
tea or  coffee.

         Diarrhea.  Looseness of the Bowels.
  This complaint varies  so much in regard to time of dura-
tion, form, and cause, that we are obliged to  give here a
general view  of its varieties.  It is either  recent, lasting
only for a feAv  hours or days, or is chronic,  lasting  for
months or years.   The discharge itself may ATary as regards
consistency or character, either  watery fluid,  fecal, slimy,
mattery,  bilious,  or bloody (see "Dysentery.")  Some-
times a diarrhea js dangerous ; at other times  salutary, as
in  biliousness or  after  indigestion (see these  articles.)
In  general, however, the popular idea of the  harmless or
beneficial nature of  diarrheas, which the common practice
of  the old  school  of  medicine has  freely  propagated,
must  be  restricted, in so  far  as any diarrhea  is of
itself an  indication of a diseased state  of the  intestines,
and no disease ought to be created or wished for where we
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314     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.
can do  Avithout  it.   It  has been, and  is yet, to a  great
extent, a common expression  that a good  cleansing of the
bowels is  necessary, etc.; now, these ideas, when carried
out in practice, lead sometimes to awful  consequences,
while the good which they may occasionally produce might
have  been obtained by mild and rational means.   See
" Constipation" and "Biliousness."   On the other hand,
it is just as dangerous to stop a diarrhea suddenly by vio-
lent means, such as brandy, paregoric, or astringents gen-
erally, as thereby the disease is not cured, but  merely its
natural outlet stopped;  as  if an ulcer could  be cured  by
covering it over to confine and  hide the  matter, which it
has to discharge.  It is always fortunate if such  a diarrhea
reappears.
   Treatment.—We will now give first a general view of
the varieties  of diarrhea,  as regards causes,  form, and
appearances, with their principal remedies, whose detailed
symptoms may be found  below,  and must be  consulted
before a choice is made.
   Diarrhea without pain :  China, Phosphoric acid, Ferrum,
     Secale.
   With griping or colic pain : Mercury, Colocynth, Chamo-
     mile, Rheum, Pulsatilla, Bryonia, Rhus tox., Arsenic,
     Sulphur.   (See "Bilious Colic")
   With tenesmus, during  or after the  discharge,  in the
     anus: Ipecac, Mercury, Belladonna, Nux vomica, Sul-
     phur.  (See " Dysentery.")
   With vomiting : Ipecac,  Veratrum, Arsenic,  Rhus tox.
     (See " Cholera.")
   With debility : China, Arsenic, Ipecac, Veratrum, Secale,
     Phosphorus.   (See " Cholera Morbus" and  "Asi-
     atic Cholera."
   Of mucus and blood  : See " Dysentery." 
        DIARRHEA--LOOSENESS OF THE BOWELS.      315

 Of bile:  See " Bilious  gastric Derangement;"  beside,
   Bryonia, Rhus tox., Arsenic, Mercury, Pulsatilla.
 Of watery (rice-water) liquid : see " Cholera Asiatica."
 After  eruptive fevers, such  as small-pox,  scarlet, mea-
   sles, etc.: Pulsatilla,  China, Phosphoric acid, Arsenic,
   Sulphur.
 After sudden mental emotions : after joy : Coffea, Acon-
   ite,  Pulsatilla; after fright:  Chamomile,  Veratrum;
  fear  of  cholera or other  dangers : Chamomile ;  after
    grief:  Phosphoric acid, Ignatia; after anger : Colo-
   cynth, Chamomile,  Nux vomica.   (See "Mental  Dis-
   eases.")
 After  indigestion:   from partaking of  milk : Bryonia,
   Sulphur; of  acids or fruits:   Lachesis, Pulsatilla,
   Arsenic; of other indigestible substances, fat meats,
   etc.: China,  Pulsatilla,  coffee  without  milk.  (See
   " Indigestion.")
 After the abuse of drugs : of Mercury or calomel:  Hepar,
   Pulsatilla,  China, Carbo veg., Nitric acid;  of magne-
   sia :  Pulsatilla,  Rheum;  of  rhubarb:  Pulsatilla,
   Mercury,  Colocynth;  of  tobacco  :  Pulsatilla,  Chamo-
   mile, Hepar, Veratrum; of quinine:  Pulsatilla, Carbo
   veg.
 After cold or iced drinks : Pulsatilla, Carbo veg., Arsenic.
 After taking cold, cold on the bowels : Dulcamara,  Cham-
   omile.
 In summer :  Bryonia, Mercury, Arsenic
 In autumn and spring, during the  changeable weather:
   Bryonia, Rhus tox., Dulcamara,  Carbo veg.
 In weak and exhausted persons : see " With Debility."
In consumptive persons:  China, Phosphorus, Calcarea,
   Ferrum.   (See " Consumption.")
 In chronic  diarrhea,  of a scrofulous character:  Iodine,
   Phosphorus. 
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  In aged persons : Secale, Antimon. crud, Bryonia, Phos-
    phorus.
  In pregnant and lying-in females :  Phosphorus, Antimon.
    crud.,  Dulcamara,  Pulsatilla,  Sepia, Rheum.   (See
    "Female Diseases.")
  In children — by worms, teething, and scrofula : see these
    articles.
  Symptomatic Detail. — Antimon. crud.   Watery diar-
rhea, from disordered stomach, with foul tongue and nausea.
  Dulcamara.  In most  all diarrheas from taking  cold, or
when there are greenish, or yellowish,  slimy,  or watery
evacuations,  particularly at night, with colic and  griping
pains in the  region of the navel;  great  thirst,  nausea,
debility, and restlessness.
   Colocynth.  Bilious or watery diarrhea, with severe cramp-
like pains  (see "Bilious  Colic" and  "Dysentery"); or
after Chamomile, when caused by anger or vexation.
   Chamomile.  Bilious, watery,  or slimy diarrhea,  of  a
green (grass-green) or yellowish  white,  curled appearance,
like scrambled eggs, Avith or Avithout vomiting of bile  (see
"Biliousness");  griping,  tearing  colic;  distention  and
hardness of the abdomen;  fullness in  the pit of the stom-
ach, and under the  short-ribs ;  bitter taste in the mouth ;
this medicine is particularly useful in diarrheas  from cold,
fear, anger, vexation,  and in those of infants (see " Disea-
ses of Children"), Avhen they draw up the legs, cry,  toss
about, want to be  carried, etc.
  Rheum.    Sour  smelling evacuations,  with  ineffectual
effort before and after, at the  same time contractive colic  in
the abdomen,  and shuddering when evacuating;  grayish
brown evacuations, mixed with mucus ; very useful in diar-
rheas of infants,  particularly when they cry,  toss  about
(see Chamomile), and in diarrheas of lying-in women.
   Ipecac.   Diarrhea of fomented  evacuations, greenish, 
          DIARRHEA--LOOSENESS OF THE BOWELS.       317

yellowish, putrid, bloody, or slimy; dysenteric, when there
are  discharges  of white flakes,  and great tenesmus (see
this article), or diarrhea with  vomiting (see  "Cholera
Infantum," " Cholera Morbus," and "Asiatic Cholera.")
   Veratrum.   In all  diarrheas  resembling  the  different
varieties of cholera (see these articles) ; or where there  is
great debility or  griping pains, as if knives were cutting the
intestines, which happens often in feArers.
   Secale.  In  cholera,  or  when  painless evacuations  are
attended  by great weakness;  in old people, particularly
females, where drowsiness ensues, in alternation with Bella-
donna.   (See " Cholera Asiatica.")
   Carbo veg.   In cholera (see this article), or where there
are  thin,  light-colored evacuations, of a putrid or fetid
smell, particularly in children; or after taking cold in  wet
weather; also,  after abuse of quinine, in  alternation with
Pulsatilla.
   Arsenic.   Burning  evacuations, with severe colic  pains,
alternately with  Veratrum;  or fetid, putrid,  indigested
diarrhea, alternately  with  Carbo veg.; or  watery,  slimy,
burning evacuations, principally after midnight, when Dul-
camara or China have  afforded no relief;  or in cholera (see
this article.)
   Bryonia.  Diarrhea from the heat of summer  (summer
eomplaint of children), or where  bilious  rheumatic (see
this article) symptoms accompany the bowel complaint,
alternately Avith  Rhus tox.
   Rhus tox.   In cholera infantum (see this  article)  ; or  in
bilious  rheumatic disorders.  See Bryonia.
   Pulsatilla.   In all  diarrheas from indigestion  or disor-
dered stomach,  Avhere, after  some griping  pain,  watery,
green, or bilious  slimy stools appear, particularly at night;
sometimes the  color changes, frequently from  yelloAV  to
white, or the discharge is mixed  with blood; bitter taste 
318     AFFECTIONS OF THE  STOMACH AND BOWELS.

in the mouth, and foul tongue ; in diarrhea from abuse of
quinine and calomel.
  Mercury.   In critical diarrhea after fevers  or bilious
states  of  the  stomach, when it  threatens to become too
debilitating and irritating; this critical diarrhea generally
commences with griping pain and rumbling of the bowels,
after which a copious, bilious, slimy, and frothy evacuation
of a very fetid smell  follows, with signal relief;  yet  this
may repeat in  a short time after, and finally, if not relieved
by  Mercury,  run  into a dysentery.   Mercury   suits  for
almost any diarrhea when accompanied with  griping in the
bowels before,  and tenesmus or burning in the  anus after
the discharge.
  Nitric acid.   Diarrhea after taking too much  calomel or
mercury,  particularly when  the  stools  are  bloody, with
tenesmus at the anus, sometimes of a fetid smell.
  Nux vomica.  Frequent but scanty evacuations  of watery
and greenish, lightish  substance,  with colic and tenesmus,
and then in alternation with Mercury.
  Ignatia.  Diarrhea  of a bloody slime, with rumbling in
the bowels, or  after continued grief.
  Belladonna.   Frequent,  small  evacuations of mucus,
sometimes with fever heat in the head, pressing  down  (see
"Dysentery");  or  in those congestions  to  the  head
which follow severe diarrheas, or accompany them in old
persons, and then in  alternation  with Secale.   (See this
remedy.)
  Hepar sulph.  In diarrheas of children, when they smell
sour,  are lightish, greenish, yellowish, bloody, slimy,  and
like dysentery ; also, in those of  nursing  women.  (See
" Diseases of  Females.")
   China.  Diarrhea  after  eating  (lienteria),  or in  the
night; also, when  it is very debilitating, with rumbling in
the abdomen.   (See " Cholerina.") 
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  Phosphoric acid.   Diarrhea without pain, after grief and
distress of mind ;  or when it passes involuntarily.   (See
" Cholerina.")
  Ferrum.  Painless evacuations after eating and drinking,
or discharges in the  night, with griping, flatulency, thirst,
pain in the stomach, back, and anus.   (See "Ascarides.")
  Hyoscyamus.   Watery diarrhea;  involuntary discharges,
particularly in the night.
   Sulphur.  In most cases where  other remedies seem to
have failed, particularly when  there are frequent stools at
night, with griping, of a slimy, watery, frothy substance, and
of a sour and fetid  smell, or bloody;  also, if a diarrhea
returns easy on taking the least cold.
   Phosphorus.  In chronic diarrhea Avithout pain, particu-
 larly in the diarrhea of consumptives.
   Iodine.   In chronic diarrhea of  a whitish color, in scrof-
 ulous  persons, and which will not yield to any other remedy.
   Administration.—In recent cases dissolve  twelve glob.
 of the selected medicine in half a  teacupful of Avater and
 take after every evacuation  a teaspoonful until better, or
 another remedy is necessary;  children half the quantity.
 In chronic cases take every  evening  and  morning  a tea-
 spoonful of such a  mixture, or if taken in the dry state
 three or  four glob, at a dose.
   Diet and Regimen. —  Acids or acidulated drinks, fresh
 vegetables, and fresh meat and meat soups are forbidden;
 allowed are, rice, toasted bread, boiled milk, and gruels ;
 no coffee and  spiritous liquors.  Cold water can be drank,
 if it is otherwise not injurious.   Keep  quiet  as much  as
 possible, even to lying doAvn.

                Dysentery.  Bloody Flux.
    Diagnosis. — This complaint is, properly  speaking, not
 a  diarrhea; as  no  faeces are discharged, but only mucus 
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and blood, accompanied by constant urging to go  to  stool,
violent tenesmus in the anus and rectum, or severe pains in
the abdomen, if  the  disease is located higher up  in  the
intestines.  As long as this irritation or inflammation of the
mucous membrane of  the intestines lasts, no faeces are  dis-
charged ;  but  when  these  make  their appearance, even
mixed with bloody mucus, the dysentery may be said to be
at an end, or at least ameliorated.
   Its causes and  course vary—sometimes  it appears sud-
denly, sometimes is preceded by diarrhea and other gastric
rheumatic symptoms.
   We distinguish a white dysentery, where  only light-colored
mucus (scrapings of the intestines) are discharged ;  this is
soon followed  by the bloody dysentery,  Avhen  the blood
comes from  the  highly-inflamed mucous  membrane.   In
such cases, more or less fever  is  always  present.   If the
patient is relieved, the fever subsides, and gradually Avith
it the pains, and  frequent urgency of the calls,  the skin
becomes moist, and  sleep  and rest  ensues.  Death may
come from gangrene and exhaustion, but happens  very  sel-
dom, under a judicious homoeopathic treatment.   Yet such
severe cases of dysentery ought to be treated  by a skillful
homoeopathic physician.   The  causes of this  disease may
be local, by irritating the  intestines directly in eating  and
drinking, or  general,  by  suppression of perspiration (hot
days and cool nights promote this cause), or by an epidemic
influence, which affects in a similar manner the mucous
membrane of the intestines, as  the influenza-miasm attacks
the nose and bronchia; also, low, marshy regions, where
intermittents prevail, incline to the propagation  of  dysen-
tery, which is sometimes very fatal at such places.
   Treatment.—-Principal  remedies  are: Aconite,  Bella-
donna,  Mercury,  Colocynth, Ipecac,  Nux vom.,  Bryonia,
Rhus, Sulphur, Nitric acid, Carbo veg., Arsenic. 
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321
  Aconite.  In all cases at the commencement, when there
is fever, pain in the  head, neck, and shoulders, heat and
thirst alternate  with shivering.  This is  particularly  the
case when we have cold nights and hot days.
  Belladonna.   After Aconite, or in the beginning, when
there is dryness in the mouth  and throat, tenderness of the
abdomen, and blood passing with the mucus ;  constant feel-
ing of bearing  down.
  Mercury.   This is by far the most important medicine in
this disease, and beneficial in all stages, but particularly when
there is violent tenesmus before and  after the evacuations,
as if the intestines would force themselves out, and yet noth-
ing but pure blood,  sometimes streaked with white mucus or
greenish matter appears ; at other times the evacuation resem-
bles scrambled eggs.   Concomitant symptoms are :  violent
colic, nausea, shivering and shuddering, cold perspiration
on the face, great exhaustion  and trembling of the limbs.
(It alternates well with Aconite or  Belladonna, if there is
fever, and with  Colocynth, if the discharges are mixed with
green, bilious matter.)
   Colocynth.  After Mercury, the principal medicine, when
the colic pain appears  periodically,  and is excessive;  the
discharges are  mixed with green matter or lumps.   In such
cases, alternate with Mercury, if this remedy had not been
given already.
   Ipecac.  Is also of great benefit in this disease, when it
occurs in the  fall, or  when  the mucus  or  slime  appears
first, afterward only mixed with blood.  After, or in alter-
nation with  it, give Colocynth, if necessary.
   Nux vomica.   Small, frequent evacuations of bloody slime,
with heat and thirst, mostly  in  summer; alternately with
Mercury, when there is great  downward forcing.
   Bryonia and Rhus.  In alternation, under the same con-
ditions as stated in the article on " Diarrhea."
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   Sulphur.   In the most critical  cases, where  no other
remedy seems to afford relief; after Mercury.  It must be
allowed  to have its effect at least  thirty-six hours, before
another remedy is given.
   China.  Dysentery in  marshy countries,  or when the
discharges are very offensive.
   Nitric acid.  One of the best remedies, after Belladonna
and  Mercury  have been  given  without effect, particularly
when the discharge is either mucus without blood or blood
without  mucus ; in either  case,  however,  the  tenesmus
which follows, is violent.
   Carbo veg. and Arsenic.  In alternation, if  the discharges
become putrid in smell and involuntary ; stupor ensues ; red
or bluish spots appear on the skin ; the patient is very weak,
and his breath begins to be cold ;  the pains  in the  bowels
are burning.  China may folloAV these two remedies, if the
putrid smell of the discharges will  not change.
   Administration. — Dissolve  twelve glob, of the selected
medicine in half  a teacupful of  water, and give every hour
or half hour a teaspoonful, or, if the discharges are not  so
frequent, after every  discharge a  teaspoonful,  until six,
eight, or ten teaspoonfuls are  given, when the medicine
must be omitted for a couple of hours, to await its effect.
If then necessary, either repeat the same or  select  another
remedy, if the symptoms have increased.  But as soon as an
amelioration takes place, discontinue all  medicine, even if
there is  yet frequency of stool and violent pain at times.  If
very restless  at night,  give  Belladonna cc' and  Coffea r' ,
every hour a dose (four glob.) for four hours.
   If the disease becomes more chronic, give the medicine
at longer intervals, say three times a day, finally only once
a day.   Cold Avater injections are  of the  greatest benefit,
if the patient can bear them, and  the dysentery is in  its
inflammatory stage. 
CHOLERA MORBUS.                 323
  Diet and Regimen. — The patient ought to lay in or on
the  bed constantly,' even  during convalescence, if possible,
well covered,  but not  too  much  heated.   For food, if
wanted, toasted bread, softened in water or black tea; for
drink, toast-water, or small quantities of warm lemonade, in
the  inflammatory period, and when not taking Aconite at
the  time.
  Gruels  of oatmeal,  rice flour, or  farina,  are  allowed.
Meats or soups  of meat, eggs, and  all animal  food,  are
strictly forbidden,  even  during convalescence.  Wine  and
spirits are real poison, in this disease, and long after it.
  After diseases. — If dropsy, paralysis, or rheumatism fol-
low the dysentery,  when it has either been treated badly, or
was suppressed  by allopathic remedies, see these articles,
or send for a homoeopathic physician in time.

                    Cholera Morbus.
  This disease, well known under the above  name, occurs
mostly  during the summer,  in all  parts of the country,
north and south, resembling in its  appearance  the much
dreaded Asiatic  cholera,  from Avhich, however, it  entirely
differs, in character and result.  (See " Cholera Asiatica.")
  Diagnosis.—Cholera morbus generally attacks suddenly,
without any precursory symptoms, with vomiting and purg-
ing, accompanied with pains  in  the  stomach  and  bowels,
anxiety and tenesmus ;  sometimes the vomiting and urgency
to go to stool are very violent and incessant,  at other times
less so.  In very violent  cases, exhaustion  soon  follows,
pulse becomes small, scarcely perceptible, extremities cold ;
finally spasms and convulsions appear.
  At first, the discharged substances consist of the  con-
tents of the  stomach and of bile;  afterward of a watery,
lymphatic liquid ;  and finally nothing is thrown up; when
violent retching and  gagging, with urgency to go to stool,
remains.  The discharges from the  bowels consist  first of 
324     AFFECTIONS of the stomach and  bowels.
faeces; afterward of a watery, bilious  liquid;  each stool
preceded and accompanied with violent, burning, cutting
colic, especially in the region of the navel.
  Causes. — Intense heat in the summer;  irritable tem-
perament ;  teething in children (see " Cholera Infantum ");
sudden suppression of habitual discharges, such as menstru-
ation or  diarrheas,  or of  cutaneous eruptions and gout;
errors in diet, such as eating unripe, watery fruit, or drink-
ing acrid, sour liquids, beer, etc.
  Treatment. — The principal remedies  in this  disease
are :  Chamomile, Ipecac,  Arsenic,  Colocynth, Dulcamara,
China, Veratrum.
  In the beginning, give Ipecac (administration as below);
if not better within half  an  hour,  give   Veratrum  and
Arsenic, in  alternation, in  the  same manner;  but  if this
treatment does not succeed within one  and a half or two
hours, select  from  among  the  remedies described  below,
one which  is more homceopathically suitable, and give it as
stated under "Administration."
  Symptomatic Detail.— Chamomile.   In the beginning
of the disease, or when the tongue is coated  yellowish;
colic in the region of the navel; pressing  pains from  the
stomach  up  to the  heart; great  anguish; cramps  in  the
calves of the legs ;  watery diarrhea  and sour vomiting;
particularly after fits of passion, and with an  irritable tem-
perament.
  Ipecac.   When vomiting  predominates, alternately with
painful diarrhea.   It is generally always given  in the  be-
ginning of the disease, in alternation with  Veratrum.
  Arsenic.   Violent vomiting, and diarrhea of watery, bil-
ious or  slimy, greenish, brownish, or blackish substances,
with severe pains in the abdomen, great restlessness,  sudden
prostration, cold extremities, and clammy sweat.  In alter-
nation with Veratrum. 
ASIATIC CHOLERA.
325
   Veratrum.   For the same symptoms as those mentioned
under Arsenic, only that the pains in the bowels, especially
around the navel, are violent, cutting as from knives ; also,
pains or cramp in the calves of the legs ; prostration is very
great.  See "Ipecac" and "Arsenic."
   Colocynth.   Green vomiting, with violent colic ; the stools
at first greenish and bilious, afterward become more color-
less and watery.
   Dulcamara.   In cholera morbus caused by iced drinks
or exposure  to sudden  chaages of the temperature ; fre-
quent greenish stools, with bilious vomitings ; great debility
and severe pains in the abdomen.
   China.   Cholera morbus from indigestion ;  vomiting and
diarrhea after eating ever so little (lienteria) ; painful eruc-
tation, with oppression on the chest; rumbling in the bow-
els ; flatulency.
    Administration. — Dissolve  of the  selected  remedy
twelve  globules in half a teacupful  of water, and  give
every ten or fifteen minutes a teaspoonful, until four tea-
spoonfuls are taken, or another remedy is necessary, which
must be prepared  and given in the same manner.
   Externally, apply nothing but a mustard poultice  on the
stomach,  and heated  bricks,  and  warming bottles to the
feet.
   Diet and Regimen. — For a  drink, thin oatmeal gruel
or cold water; if wanted.  After the diarrhea has ceased, and
reaction has taken place, and  if the patient is  feverish, give
gruels with  lemon-juice.   In general,  treat as stated in
"Bilious  Fever."
   Besides, consult the article  on " Asiatic Cholera."

          Asiatic  Cholera.  (Cholera Asiatica.)
   This disease appeared hitherto among us as an epidemic.
Before it, the star of Allopathy grew pale, and is ever since 
326     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.
on its downward course ; with it Homoeopathy battled most
successfully, and ever since her banner floats  unfurled in
every clime.
  Diagnosis. — Sudden prostration of strength ;  diarrhea
of watery substances (rice-water discharges), without smell
or color;  similar,  profuse  vomitings,  which  follow each
other quickly.   Although these evacuations may  give  the
patient a  little relief,  it is only  momentary; his pros-
tration  increases constantly until  cramps  appear in  his
feet, hands, limbs,  and arms? sometimes  in  the bowels
and  breast; insatiable  thirst,  with  a burning  sensation
under the sternum (in the region of the heart.)   Agonizing
restlessness precedes the last  stage—that  of  collapse,  in
which, to the above symptoms  are added, cessation of cir-
culation of  the blood in the extremities, Avhich assume an
icy coldness, while  the  heart palpitates A'iolently,  no pulse
is perceptible ;  tongue and breath grow cold, agonizing op-
pression  in breathing;  hollow,  hoarse, and shrill voice;
blue lips  and  nails;  livid  countenance;  sunken  eyes;
shriveled skin on hands and feet.  During all this time, the
secretion of urine is stopped.  Finally, the skin of the pa-
tient is covered with a cold, clammy  perspiration.  Up to
this  time,  the  patient was  perfectly  conscious,  although
feeble;  but now he sinks into  stupor, with bloodshot up-
turned eyes, and expires.
  Although Asiatic cholera presents  itself in the form of
a diarrhea, yet it is not such ;  because no faecal matter is
found  in  the  discharges;-  its  nature  consists in  a  de-
composition of  the blood, produced by an unknown agent
(miasm or animalcula),  and aided by mental and  physical
debilities, such  as fear, care, overpowering sympathy, weak-
ness  of body and mind by night-watching, exposure,  etc.
This decomposition  of the blood in its solid and liquid parts
(coagulum  and lymph) may be the work of days, hours, 
ASIATIC  CHOLERA.
327
or minutes.   Generally, however,  it  commences  in  the
early morning hours, at  Avhich time most of the cholera
attacks begin.  The  watery part of  the  blood (lymph)
separated from  the  solid, is emitted  in the thoracic  and
intestine lacteal duct,  and emptied   the  absorbing  ves-
sels  of the intestines in the  intestinal  canal,  and from
thence into the  stomach, whence it is ejected  in  violent
gushes,  or runs  from  the  bowels  in   streams.  Thus
we see that the first appearances  of  cholera asiatica are
those of a hemorrhage  of the  white  part of  the blood
—a  view with  Avhich the  consequent symptoms  in  the
folloAving stages  of the disease can easily  be  harmonized.
The cramps in the muscles of the extremities and  bowels
are caused by the cessation of the action of arterial blood
on  the muscles, and  cease immediately,  as  soon as the
arterial irritation reaches them again.   It  would carry us
too far, to explain all the following symptoms of the  dis-
ease ; nor would it be of any practical use.   This, how-
ever, we must state yet, that in that form of cholera Asiat-
ica, called  the sicca  or  dry cholera,  where no discharge
from the stomach and bowels takes place, this disagreement
with the  above theory is  only apparent;  because, by the
suddenness of the attack, the decomposition of  the blood
is rendered so general and great at  once, that the  cramps
follow immediately,  closing the  absorbing vessels in the
intestines, before the lymph had time to escape.
   Prevention. — During a cholera epidemic, a person must
not give way to  fear and despair, Avhich debilitates the sys-
tem too much, allowing,  thereby, an easier entrance to the
enemy.  The best remedy against the weakening thoughts
is a constant and vigorous activity of body and mind, which
draws  our attention  away from  disease and death to our
duties  and objects of life.   Necessary, above all, is regu-
larity in all our  actions, in  sleeping and waking; modera- 
328     AFFECTIONS OF THE  STOMACH AND BOWELS.
tion, but sufficiency in eating and drinking.  The most sub-
stantial nourishment is the best, such as beef, mutton, po-
tatoes and bread ;  the best drink is cold water, or ice water,
which, with dry bread in sufficient quantity, is the best calcu-
lated to appease that craving and gnawing appetite, and the
rumbling of the bowels which,  in time of cholera, almost
every one feels daily.  A flannel bandage, even in  summer,
covering  stomach and  bowels, is strongly recommended.
To be avoided are:  over-exertions of body or mind,  grief,
anger, fear, as well as great muscular labor, running, walk-
ing to exhaustion, and sexual excesses.   Besides these pre-
cautionary measures,  every  one ought to have a firm
reliance  in the will of God,  who has placed  within our
reach  a safe and sure remedy against this disease.
   The best medicine for prevention  is Sulphur, Avhich, in
the thirtieth  dilution, may be  taken every week twice, six
globules  each time, in the evening.   This remedy, more
than any other, destroys within the system the  liability of
attack, by diminishing  the psoric  diathesis,  more or less
inherent in every one.
   Cure of an attack of Asiatic Cholera. — Not every diar-
rhea, in time  of cholera, is real Asiatic cholera, yet it pre-
disposes to it; and we must, therefore, immediately and en-
ergetically attend to it.  The first and most imperious duty
in such a diarrhea is to lie doAvn ;  as  the horizontal position
is indispensable to a speedy cure.   With the rice-water dis-
charges or vomiting, commences the first stage  of the dis-
ease, in which Camphor is the specific  remedy,  having  ac-
tually the power of killing or destroying the animalcula or
malignant agent which has infested the system.  The  ap-
plication of the Camphor must be effectual and immediate,
in the following manner:
   Cover the patient, up to the chin, well and abundantly,
particularly his feet, do not allow his  arms  out of bed ; 
k
ASIATIC CHOLERA.                 329
then giAre him quietly, without showing anxiety by unneces-
sary hurry, of the tincture of  Camphor* every two, three,
or five minutes one drop, on  a little  piece  of sugar; also,
after fifteen or twenty minutes, some brandy and water, if
he can retain any thing on the stomach.  As soon as the pa-
tient begins to get warm, and to perspire, give the doses less
frequently, and discontinue  them altogether when  he per-
spires freely.   A few doses of brandy and water will then do
him good and strengthen him.  In this perspiration the patient
must remain without change for eight or ten hours, when he
will generally have a good appetite for a lunch of cold beef
or mutton, Avith salt, dry bread, and cold Avater. If, however,
the slightest  indisposition yet remains, he must  not  leave
the bed, as a relapse might take place.   During  the  reac-
tion, folloAving the use  of the camphor,  frequently a head-
ache ensues from congestion to the head, which in children
and middle-aged persons disappears after the exhibition  of
one or two doses of  Belladonna (for  children  three glob.;
for adults  six glob.) ;  in aged persons, Avhen stupor is com-
bined Avith it, Secale corn, (thirtieth dilution) is yet neces-
sary, three hours after Belladonna is given.
   If costiveness follows the use of camphor, a cup of coffee
without milk, and twenty-four hours  afterward  a  dose  of
Sulphur  (six  glob.) is indicated.   If the diarrhea is not
entirely checked, but changed into a dysenteric  one, with
straining  and bloody tinge, Mercury will suffice, folloAved
by Sulphur, twenty-four or thirty-six hours afterward.   If
by the Mercury,  hoAvever, the dysenteric stool is  changed
into the choleric, the use of Camphor is necessary again,
followed by one or two doses of Veratrum alb.  (twelfth
dilution.)
   If, however, the cholera proceeds  into the  second  stage,

  * The tincture of Camphor ought to be made out of one part of gum to
five parts of alcohol. 
330     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.
where cramps appear in different parts of the body, Vera-
trum and  Cuprum are necessary; the former, when the
cramps are more in the extremities and bowels;  the latter,
when in the breast, or  when great oppression  in breathing
is present.   It is frequently best to give these two remedies
alternately,  in the following manner: Dissolve  of each
remedy twelve or  sixteen globules, in four tablespoonfuls
of water, and give every fifteen minutes a teaspoonful (each
remedy having its separate teaspoon), giving less frequently
as the symptoms decrease in violence.   In this stage, it  is
not  so much the  diminution  of diarrhea, or vomiting,
which indicates an amelioration, but the greater regularity
and  lesser rapidity  of the  pulse, which  always  will  be
followed   by  a  discontinuance  of  the cramps, although
these may yet threaten to break out again.
  If these remedies  are not  successful within four or  six
hours, or if the cramps are more in the calves of the legs,
where the slightest motion will excite them, or when stupor
threatens, which is particularly the case in old persons,  or
when  the diarrhea still  continues, Secale corn, must  be
given, in the intervals  of half an hour a teaspoonful, dis-
solved in water like  Veratrum and Cuprum.  If a few doses
are  given, wait an  hour  or two, if the case does not grow
worse ;  if, however, there  is a great deal of nausea  or
retching,  increased  by motion  of head or body,  Tabacum
(six glob.) must be given, at any time during the attack.
   If in this stage congestions to the lungs and heart ap-
pear, indicated by violent stitches in the  side, almost pre-
venting respiration, and producing  restlessness and great
anguish, give Cuprum  and Hydrocyanic acid (Prussic acid),
in alternation, every ten or fifteen minutes a dose (dissolved
in water, a teaspoonful as a dose.  N. B.  Prussic acid must
be given in the second dilution.)
  The covering of the  patient during the  second stage 
ASIATIC  CHOLERA.
331
ought  still  to  be warm, but  already more according to
to the feeling of the patient; his drink, cold or warm water,
left to his choice.  Ice pills may be given to him freely, or
injections of ice water  if the bowels are cramped;  rub
slightly  the cramped parts  with  the  hands;  warming
bottles, and all the  other known apparatus heretofore ap-
plied,  are not of much  use,  although a homceopathist
may allow them, not interfering with his medicine.
  If the disease should go into the third stage (collapse),
the scene and treatment change entirely.  No pulse, livid
countenance, hoarse voice, and sunken  eyes characterize
this period.   Yet our hope is not gone ; particularly in cases
which, up to this stage, were treated strictly homceopathic-
ally, or where the  disease ran quickly through the first
stages.   This period generally lasts much longer than any
of  the  former,  and medicines  must be  given at longer
intervals.  The disease  frequently stays in  this stage for
two or three days, almost unaltered—a slight improA'ement
ment in the pulse is sometimes perceptible only within two
days.  In such cases, the medicine must not be changed, or
repeated often.  The principal remedy is Carbo veg., in the
thirtieth dilution, prepared as Veratrum above,  of which for
the first six  hours, every hour a teaspoonful should be given.
If a great deal of burning remains in the stomach, with drink-
ing frequently, but little at a time, Arsenic, thirtieth dilu-
tion, prepared similarly, may be alternated with Carbo veg.
But if thus four or six teaspoonfuls of each remedy have been
given, their use should be discontinued for ten or twelve hours
—particularly if the pulse has shown evidence of returning
during that time.   The improvement of the pulse is, in this
stage the most important amelioration; the coldness of the
surface is not of so much importance, as it often remains for a
lono-er time without injury.   If, after twelve hours, the pa-
tient's condition is not  much improved,  the same remedies 
332    AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.

may be repeated, and in this manner continued for a couple
of  days, when, in most cases,  a healthful reaction takes
place.
  The  covering  in this  stage  must be  altogether left to
the feelings of the patient, and only so much put over him
as  decency requires,  as  the  patient generally refuses all
covering, and is restless.   To try to warm patients in this
stage by external means,  is not  only useless, but  cruel; as
they  actually complain  of  burning up  internally,  such
means only hasten  dissolution.   We rather recommend to
wrap the patient in  a sheet, wrung in cold water, which
may,  after  a few  hours,  be  repeated, if  he  desires
it.   But, in such a case,  the  patient ought to  be covered
besides with a blanket or two, to follow  up the beginning
reaction.  Cold  drinks,  particularly ice-water, are prefer-
able in this stage.
   In the  period of  convalescence, which is  usually very
short, great  care ought of course to be  taken in diet and
exercise—rice and  other  gruels, afterward small quantities
of  broth, meat, and vegetables.
  If a typhoid fever appears, it must be treated accordingly.
   In that torpor or  stupor  which  sometimes succeeds a
severe  attack of cholera, when  the  patient can not easily
be  aroused, is very weak, pulse slow, yet  the expression of
his countenance  is natural, Spiritus nitri  dulcis  is of the
greatest benefit, as laurocerasus is in those cases  of stupor
or lethargy, which  border on paralysis of the  brain, or on
exhaustion  of the  nervous system,  where the expression
of the countenance is indicative of great  suffering, the pa-
tient A'ery weak,  pulse sIoav, eyes half-closed, in  continual
lethargy, only broken by deep sighs and moaning.
  We  must  mention  here yet  a disease, called  cholerina,
which often precedes  and follows cholera.   It is a diarrhea
of faecal matter, accompanied with rumbling of the bowels, 
ASIATIC CHOLERA.                   333
 generally caused by the constitutionality of a cholera season,
 under  debilitating influences of mind and body,  such  as
fear  and grief.   If caused  by the  latter, Phosphoric  acid
 and  China, in  alternation, after  every evacuation a  dose
 (six  glob.) will suffice ;  if excited by fear,  Chamomile (six
 glob.) a few doses ;  if, however, attended with bilious
 rheumatic symptoms, tending toward a typhoid state,  such
 as headache, pains in the limbs, arms, and back, with oc-
 casional  chilliness, Bryonia and Rhus, in alternation, two
 doses of each, every  two hours one (six glob, a dose), and
 then waiting twenty-four hours, will change  the symptoms,
 so that then either Sulphur will suit, or, if the diarrhea still
 continues,  China and Phosphoric  acid,  in  alternation  as
 above stated.
    Sulphur frequently takes  aAvay that disposition to  diar-
 rhea, so common in times of cholera.  It ought to be taken
 only  twice, on  two  succeeding  evenings, or one  evening
 and  the next morning a  dose (six  glob.) ;  after which  no
 medicine of  any kind should be  taken for  twenty-four or
 forty-eight hours.
    We would recommend to eA-ery one, to  have with  him,
 in cholera times, a  small bottle of Camphor, Veratrum, and
 Cuprum, in case of  need; if not necessary,  it  certainly
 increases the feeling  of  safety.*

    * In the cholera epidemic  of 1849 which raged in Cincinnati worse,
 perhaps, than in any other city of the same size, every homoeopathic family
 was provided with a small case of four vials, containing Camphor,  Vera-
 trum, Cuprum, and Sulphur, as the principal remedies for the prevention
 and cure  of cholera.   Printed directions accompanying these remedies
 enabled persons to make  immediate use of them, when necessary; thus
 preventing entirely the application of allopathic medicines before the ho-
 moeopathic physician could arrive.  These simple but effective means kept
 the homoeopathic practice free from many obstacles and difficulties, and
 made its results so  glorious, and, even in the history of homoeopathy, un-
 rivalled.  The average loss which was sustained by the homoeopathic prac- 
334     AFFECTIONS  OF THE STOMACH  AND  BOWELS.
                   Piles.  Hemorrhoids.
   Diagnosis. — The piles form on the anus tumors or lumps,
which protrude externally (external piles), or  remain in-
side  the rectum  (internal  piles.)   These lumps  either
bleed (openpiles) or do not bleed (blindpiles.)   The cause
of the piles is  a  constitutional taint, which breaks  out at
certain times in  this local affection of the rectum, and is
then called the piles. It becomes an important disease, when
bad,  or a mere  external treatment  suppresses the outward
piles, without curing the internal disposition.   This latter,
consequently,  not unfrequently  attacks  more   important
organs,  such as  the lungs, brain, etc., where  it  generates
incurable diseases.  Just as detrimental to general health is
the painful and abominable practice of the surgeons, of cut-
ting off  these lumps or tumors.  It is a blessing,  however,
that in most cases such operations  are of no avail.
   Causes. — The use of strong and heating drinks, coffee,
liquors, highly-seasoned food, sedentary habits, costiveness,
suppression of  long-continued discharges, etc., are among
the exciting causes of this disease, and ought, consequently,
to be strictly avoided in its treatment.
tice in 1849 amounted to only three and a half per cent., viz : of 2;410
patients treated homoeopathically 85 were lost.  In 1850 the attack of
cholera in Cincinnati was not so severe—the cases generated not so much
by epidemic influence  as by indigestion, and  other weakening causes.
Such cases, however, were more difficult to manage, as the exciting cause
could not be so easily removed, being of a  material nature; yet the same
homoeopathic medicines proved entirely successful—even more  so, in the
aggregate, than the previous year.  The loss of Drs. Pulte and Ehrmann
was not more than three per cent.; from other practitioners, the ratio has
not been as yet obtained.
  The above description and treatment of Asiatic cholera is carefully made
after  our own experiences during these two epidemics, in which u early
two thousand cholera patients were attended by us. 
ITCHING OF THE ANUS.--PROLAPSUS ANI.      335
  Besides the medicines, use cold water externally, as a sitz-
bath, or washing, and drink of it freely and often.
  Treatment. — In all cases of piles, begin the treatment
with
  Nux vomica, as the principal remedy, which suits for all
varieties of this complaint.  After it, or, in chronic  cases,
in alternation with it, give
  Sulphur.   These two remedies  are mostly sufficient to
effect a cure ; given alternately, every evening a dose (four
glob.) until better.   If these do not suffice, give of the fol-
lowing remedies, Ignatia,  Sepia, Belladonna,  Hepar, Colo-
cynth,  one after the other, in intervals  of twenty-four or
forty-eight hours.
  The cure of chronic piles must be directed  by a skillful
homoeopathic physician;  as  there  are  too many and too
various constitutional considerations to be observed,  which
could not be  given in a work like this.
  Diet and  Regimen. — The same  as stated in the  article
" Constipation."

                 Itching  of  the Anus.
  If it occurs in children, it is caused by the so-called pin-
worms (see " Ascarides.")  If caused by piles, Nux vomica
and Ignatia are the principal remedies, given as stated un-
der the  heading "Piles."  Besides these medicines,  the
washing or sponging  in  cold  water, or even cold  water
injections are  of the  greatest benefit.  Sometimes sweet
oil, used in the  same manner as the water, will be of use.

         Prolapsus Ani.   Falling of  the Body.
  By this term is meant the protrusion of  a portion  of  the
lower  intestine  or rectum.  It occurs more frequently in
children than adults, caused  by severe  strainings when at
stool.  The rectum can easily be brought back again by a 
336     AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.

gentle pressure  of the thumb and fore-finger, greased or
oiled for that occasion, the patient bending forward during
the operation,  and reclining on his back after it.  We have
remedies Avhich diminish the tendency to this  troublesome
disease.
   Treatment. — Ignatia is the principal remedy, and  must
be given  once in twenty-four hours (four glob.) for six or
eight days ; then discontinue eight days, and if not better,
give
   Mercury,  in the same manner.  After that, Nux vomica
and Sulphur, in the same  manner, until better.  Sepia,
Lycopodium, Colocynth,  are  also suitable to be  given, if
necessary, in the same manner.
   Externally, wash with cold water, as in " Piles."
   Diet and Regimen. -— As  in " Diarrhea."   If this treat-
ment is of no avail, consult a homoeopathic physician.

                  Rupture.    Hernia.
   A protrusion or swelling in the inguinal region or groin,
generally indicates  a rupture, by which  the  intestines de-
scend into the protruded part.  As a disease of such con-
sequence  and importance is  beyond the sphere of an ex-
hausting discussion in a domestic work, we must limit our
remarks to a few  dangerous points, to Avhich the disease
may  run  at times,  leaving the treatment of  the  rupture
itself to the combined efforts of the surgeon  and homoeo-
pathic physician, who must be consulted.
   Sometimes an incarceration of the rupture  takes place,
when the tumor becomes very painful, inflammation in the
surrounding parts ensues, with  Aromiting, quick  and hard
pulse, and fever.   If the rupture can not be brought back,
or the inflammation reduced  by other  means, mortification
and consequent death are unavoidable.
   First, try the reduction in  the following manner:  place 
DROPSY OF  THE ABDOMEN.
337
the patient on his back on the bed, grasp the swelling with
one  hand  gently, and rub  and press it  with the fingers
of the other hand, pressing upward toward the body con-
stantly, sometimes even in a rotary manner.  Continue these
efforts for half an hour;  if  the swelling is repressed, keep
it in its place with the palm of the hand for some time,
giving, besides, the following medicines :
  Aconite.  If the fever is very high.
  Nux vomica, followed in two hours by
   Opium.  If the strangulation of the rupture continues,
and afterward in  alternation with Nux  vomica  until better.
  Also, Lachesis, Belladonna, Rhus,  Arsenic,  Veratrum,
can be given in extreme  cases, if necessary ; one after the
other, every two hours one remedy, until better.
  Administration. — Dissolve  of  the necessary remedy
twelve globules in half a teacupful  of water; give  every
fifteen or thirty  minutes a teaspoonful, for two hours, or
until better.
  Diet and  Regimen. — As in fevers.   Externally, the
application  of  cold  water or ice is recommended.   This
will do when  the parts are  not inflamed too much ; in
which latter case warm Avater fomentations  are preferable.
Complete rest is indispensable, and  a truss must not be
worn until all soreness has subsided.

          Dropsy of the Abdomen.   (Ascites.)
  As this is  one of those  diseases which  require a most
skillful medical attendance, in order to secure a successful
termination, Ave can not pretend to give more than what is
necessary to a knowledge  of its  rise and progress.   This
will  enable persons to be aware of danger in time to seek
for help, when it  is yet possible to render it successfully.
  Diagnosis. — A swelling and  tension of the abdomen,
which follows the position of the patient;  a  fluctuation in-
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338     AFFECTIONS OF  THE STOMACH AND BOAVELS.
side the abdomen is distinctly felt by the palm of one hand
while clapping gently against one side, when the other hand
presses the opposite side of the abdomen, in the lowest part
of which the fluctuation is felt the strongest, while the  pa-
tient is  standing erect.  Urine is scanty, brown, like beer
(peculiar to ascites) ; stools are scanty and dry ;  also, the
skin, tongue, and mouth dry; when the water  is  collected
in a  sack (hydrops saccatus), the swelling is unequal in the
beginning; the urine less scarce and  brown.  As the dis-
ease progresses, the feet and other parts swell successively ;
fever and dry cough appear,  which consume the strength
more and more,  until death ends the misery.
   Causes. — As such, we find previous acute fevers, scarlet
or other eruptions, diseases of important abdominal organs,
especially the liver, badly treated, intermittents of too long
standing,  which dibilitate the absorbing vessels, gout, abuse
of spiritous liquors, mechanical lesions, such as bloAvs on
the abdomen, falls, etc.
   This disease sometimes lasts very long, according to  the
causes, and the constitutionality of the patient.
   A  pregnancy, not  closely  watched in its progress, may
be mistaken  for a dropsy of the abdomen;  but, in such a
case, a skillful physician must decide.
   Treatment. — As  this disease  can  be cured, if  early
attended  to  in  the  right manner, we  recommend every
one  to apply immediately to a good physician.  Until one
can be procured, give,
   Arsenic and Sulphur, in alternation, every four days one
dose (six glob.)
   The tapping may be alloAved in cases where the accumu-
lation of water is very rapid ; but no one must trust in it
as a  curative means ;  the necessary internal treatment must
therefore be continued, until  cured entirely. 
EXTERNAL INJURIES  OF THE ABDOMEN.       339
  Diet  and  Regimen. —As  in all  chronic  diseases, the
usual homoeopathic diet.

         External Injuries of the Abdomen.
  On receiving large wounds in the  abdomen, do not de-
spair immediately, as a great many are cured who received
the severest cuts and shots in the abdomen, if only properly
treated.   Clean  the wound  with lukewarm  water, and
replace  the entrails as soon as possible, handling them not
with the hands, but with clean linen cloths.   If the patient
is  faint, from loss of  blood,  give  China;  if frightened,
Coffea, and afterward Arnica.  Sew up the wound carefully
with  a  silken thread waxed,  leaving an opening on the
lowest corner, but cover it with scraped linen, dipped in a
mixture of Arnica (twelve drops to a teacupful of water.)
If diarrhea ensues, give Colocynth alternately Avith  China.
  If  a child has  swallowed  a button, or any other  metal
substance, do not give it aperient medicine, in the hope of
purging it out of the system  more quickly ;  this is impossi-
ble ;  on the contrary,  the  substance will  come out less
quickly, as the liquid state  of  the faeces  prevents  them
from carrying it along.  In the meantime, observe carefully
each stool,  to  be  sure the  substance has  passed.   If a
needle is SAvallowed,  it may work itself through a different
part of  the  body; in such a case, give  Silicea, every six
days a dose (four glob.)
   If live animals are swallowed, such as frogs, insects, etc.,
let the patient drink plenty of sweet oil. 
CHAPTER   XV.
AFFECTIONS OF THE  URINARY AND GENITAL
                      ORGANS.

  We invite the  special attention of our readers  to the
study of the anatomical position and  structure,  as well as
the physiological bearing, of the organs named in the above
heading, as it will be  important for their true  diagnosis.
These diseases are various and severe.

      Inflammation of the Kidneys.  (Nephritis.)
  Diagnosis. — In the  region of the kidneys (on  both sides
of the spine, above the hip, and below the short-ribs), ap-
pears a pungent, pressing pain, shooting downward to the
bladder;  difficulty  of urination;  stranguria, or ischuria
(the latter only Avhen  both kidneys are inflamed, which
rarely ever occurs); the urine  red and hot; the testicle
drawn near to the abdomen on the affected side, painful
and  swollen; the foot  on the same side sometimes spas-
modically affected and benumbed ; in severer cases, vomit-
ing; colic pains ;  the  pains in the  kidney are worse when
lying on the affected part, and the back when standing and
walking.
  If this  inflammation is not cured  entirely, the kidney
hardens and indurates, or suppuration takes place, which
leads to the formation of abscesses  and their opening,
either outside through  the skin, or inside in  the intestinal 
inflammation of the kidneys.            341
canal.   This chronic affection of  the  kidneys  requires
medical skill for its successful termination.
   The principal causes are : stones or gravel in the kidney;
violent blows and concussions, or any other external injury
bearing on this part;  excess in the use of wines and liquors ;
lying on the back for a long time; lifting heavy  loads;
suppression of piles, and their congestion transferred to the
kidney ;  the use of acrid diuretics and the abuse of Spanish
fly, sometimes even when only applied as a blister, extern-
ally.
   Treatment. — Camphor, when the disease is caused by
the application or use of Spanish fly (cantharis), or when
no urine passes, or only in a slender stream very slowly,
with burning in the urethra and bladder.
   Aconite.   If the fever is high,  give  several  doses (four
glob, each) of this remedy, every hour one, before the fol-
lowing remedies are resorted to :
   Cantharis is the principal medicine, when there are shoot-
ing, tearing, and incisive pains, with painful  emission of a
few drops af urine only, or  complete ischuria; sometimes
urine mixed with blood.
   Belladonna. In most cases, where the pains are worse
periodically, shooting from the kidney down into the blad-
der, with great anguish  and colic;  in fleshy women, at the
time of change of life (critical age), when the menses stop.
(Hepar sulph. will suit after Belladonna.)
   Nux vomica.  When this disease is caused by suppressed
piles, or Avhen there is any  other  abdominal  congestion,
with tension, distention,  and pressure in the kidney.
   Pulsatilla.  In delicate females, whose  menses  have
stopped, or are very  scanty ;  also, when the urine appears
turbid, leaving a purulent sediment.
   Arnica, externally and internally, if caused  by external 
342  AFFECTIONS of the urinary and genital organs.

injuries;  and after it the above  remedies may be resorted
to.
  N. B. If nephritis is caused by the pressure of stones in
the kidneys, the fever which usually accompanies this dis-
ease does not appear so quickly, but, instead of it, the foot
and thigh of the affected side becomes numb, and the tes-
ticle retracts; sure signs of stones in the  kidneys  or the
ureter.  In such a case apply  on the most painful spot,
where the  stone is lodged, narcotic, warm fomentations of
hops  mixed with tobacco  leaves; as  soon  as the stone or
gravel reaches, in  its  descent, the bladder, the  pains and
inflammation  caused by them  cease at once.  Beside this
external treatment, give the patient the above medicines as
indicated.
   If the  kidney indurates, give Mercury, every evening  a
 dose (four glob.)
   If  suppuration  takes  place, give  Lachesis and  Hepar
 alternately,  every evening  a  dose  (four glob), for eight
 days, or until better ;  apply to a homoeopathic physician.
   Administration. — Dissolve, of the necessary medicine,
twelve globules in half  a teacupful  of water, and give
 every half hour, hour or two hours, a teaspoonful until better,
 or until another remedy is needed.
   Diet and  Regimen as in fevers generally; but  particu-
 larly wines, liquors, and beer are prohibited in convalesence.

       Inflammation  of the Bladder.  (Cystitis.)
   Diagnosis. — Burning pains in  the region of the bladder,
with external  swelling; tension;  heat and pain on touch ;
urine red and hot; difficulty or inability of making water;
constipation, with  tenesmus; fever, with a hard pulse; in
some cases, vomiting and  hiccough.
   The issue  of this inflammation is either resolution, indi- 
        STRANGURY, DYSURY, ISCHURY, AND ANURY.     343

cated by a thick urine, or suppuration discharged with the
urine, or  abscesses and fistulas from the bladder outside,
or induration, Avhich  leads to a thickening of the bladder,
impeding, thereby, its action, and leading to various chronic
disorders ; or, if fatal, gangrene takes place.
   Its causes can be external injuries; suppressed piles and
menstruation;  rheumatic,  gouty, or  syphilitic  transfers;
stones in  the bladder;  pressure on  the  bladder in preg-
nancy, or during the birth of the child.
   Treatment is the same as in " Inflammation of the Kid-
neys ;" see this article.
   Diet and Regimen, also, the same.

       Strangury, Dysury, Ischury, and Anury.
   These  four terms  signify only different degrees of the
same affection.
   In strangury, the discharge of urine is painful and difficult.
   In dysury, difficult and incomplete.
   In ischury and anury, it is totally suppressed.
   Strangury and dysury are troublesome, but not danger-
ous complaints, while the true ischury, or total retention  of
urine, ranks among the  most dangerous diseases, and kills,
either by gangrene or rupture of the  bladder, effusing the
urine into the abdomen; in its chronic form, hoAvever, the
urine can be absorbed and carried into the circulation, pro-
ducing, thereby, eruptions on the  skin,  and making the
perspiration, saliva, etc., smell urinous.
   The causes of these affections are various.   Mechanical
injuries or impediments, such as gravel,  stones, callosities
and strictures, spasmodical, or caused by syphilitic disor-
ders ; tumors in these  parts ; falling of the womb, or  its
dislocation; congestion of every  kind;  paralysis  of the
bladder; the use  of ardent  spirits, Spanish  fly, violent
diuretics,  etc. 
344  AFFECTION OF THE URINARY AND GENITAL ORGANS.
  Treatment.—For strangury and dysury, if caused by the
abuse of ardent spirits,  Nux vom., Pulsatilla, and Sulphur;
if  by the  use of Spanish  fly,  Camphor,  Pulsatilla,  and
Aconite; if by  suppressed piles, Nux vom., Pulsatilla, Sul-
phur; if  by taking cold, Avet feet, etc.,  Dulcamara, Nux
vom., Mercury, Pulsatilla, Belladonna; if  after a fright,
Aconite;  if after a fall, blow,  etc.,  Arnica; if in pregnant
females,  Cocculus,  Pulsatilla, Nux vom.;  if  in children,
Pulsatilla, Aconite,  Belladonna,  Mercury.
   For ischury and anury, if it is spasmodic, Nux vom., Pul-
 satilla,  Opium, Hyoscyamus; inflammatory, Aconite,  Can-
 tharides, Belladonna, Nux vom.,  Pulsatilla (see " Cystitis"),
 paralitic, Hyoscyamus, Dulcamara, Arsenic, Lachesis.
    Administration the same as in "Inflammation of the
 Kidneys (Nephritis.)"
    Diet and Regimen the same as in nephritis ;  besides this,
 in strangury the drinking of large  quantities of cold water,
 or the moderate use  of gum-arabic,  dissolved in water, is
 strongly recommended.   In cases of disease of the bladder,
 consult,  as soon as possible, a homoeopathic physician.

 Incontinence of  Urine.  (Enuresis, incontinentia urince.)
    This troublesome disease exists  in three varieties:
    1. It is a complete or paralytic incontinence of urine (en-
 uresis completa s. paralytica), when the patient is constantly
 troubled with an involuntary dribbling of urine, oAving to a
 variety of causes,  all  having the tendency to paralyze, more
 or less, the  contractive power of the muscles  around  the
 neck  of the  bladder.  Instances of  this kind are:  apo-
 plexy; consumption,  and paralysis of the spine; too great
 distention of the bladder by long retention of the  urine;
 surgical operations on the bladder;  paralysis, or weakness
 of the bladder, particularly in old age;  difficult and hard
 parturitions.   This form of incontinence of urine requires 
incontinence of  urine.               345
the most  careful attention  of a homoeopathic  physician.
We only mention some of the principal remedies  for this
form  of enuresis,  Avith which a treatment may be  com-
menced :  Hyoscyamus, Belladonna,  Causlicum,  Conium,
Arsenic, Lachesis.
   2.  Or it  is an incomplete or spasmodic incontinence  of
urine (enuresis  incompleta s. spastica),  where the urgency
to pass urine is so sudden and great that the patient is im-
mediately forced to yield.  This form occurs very frequently,
caused by  continual  irritation in the bladder, or  some
contiguous part, either by stones, gravel, worms (ascarides),
(see  "Worms) ;" menstrual or hemorrhoidal congestion;
gastric derangement, with rheumatic or  gouty complication ;
scirrhous tumors in the bladder, rectum,  prostrate  glands ;
ulcers, fistulas ; also, from mechanical pressure of the preg-
nant or dislocated  uterus (see "Diseases  of Females;")
or, lastly,  by the  bad habit  of urinating  too  frequently,
diminishing, thereby, the size of the bladder.
   The principal remedies for this complaint  are :  Bellad.,
 Causticum, Cina,  Hyoscyamus, Ignatia,  Pulsatilla, Rhus,
Lachesis, Mercury.  (Compare, each remedy in "Materia
 Medica.")
   Administration of these medicines as  in "Strangury."
   3. The urine escapes  involuntary only in the night (wet-
ting  the bed), (enuresis nocturna.)   This occurs mostly  in
 children, and depends on bad habits,  uncorrected in  early
 years,  or on local  irritations, such as worms (see this arti-
 cle), or other derangements, enumerated  under the form
 No.  2; (see  their treatment.)   If it is a bad habit, try to
 correct it, by diminishing the quantity of drink allowed in
 the evening, by laying the  child on its  side in the sleep,
 by awakening it several times during the night in order to
 pass urine, or  even by chastisement  in the morning, the
 effects of  which  will be remembered, even in the sleep.
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 346  AFFECTION OF THE URINARY AND GENITAL ORGANS.

 Besides,  use  the  folloAving remedies :  SUicea, every third
 evening a dose (three glob.), for two weeks ; if not better,
   Sepia in the same manner ;  if not better,
   Sulphur, Arsenic,  Carbo veg. in  the  same manner, one
 after the other.

                        Diabetes.
   Diagnosis.—Any secretion of urine, the excessive in-
 crease  of which has  a weakening,  morbific effect on the
 whole system, may be called a diabetes; although the qual-
 ity of the urine be not altered, its appearance shows  that it
 contains more water, it being  colorless  (nervous urine);
 cases of  this  kind either correct themselves, or are in con-
 nection with hysteric  or hypochondriacal diseases, the cure
 of which will, also, take away this  form of diabetes.  But
 where  the urine is not, or not much, increased in quantity,
 however changed in  quality, having a sweetish taste, and
 containing saccharine (sugar)  matter (diabetes melitus), as
 high as an ounce  in a pound, it is necessary to institute an
 early and earnest treatment for this disease, which, in its
 commencement, can be cured easily,  and only becomes fatal
 by neglect.   But, as such a complaint is too important in
 its progress and  issue to be treated  domestically, we here
 only indicate  the remedies, with which a rational treatment
 may be commenced.
   Remedies.—Phosphoric acid,  Carbo veg., Conium, Mercury,
 Sulphur.  The first of these medicines is almost a specific,
 as also  the two last  ones, which  may be given in  alterna-
 tion; give,  every evening, a  dose  (four  glob.),  for one
 week, and then wait a week for its effect.
   Diet.—Only bread, roasted meats, and  soups  of  meat,
 are  allowed;  no vegetables whatever;  the patient  must
 keep in an  even temperature, dry and warm; must  wear
flannels on the skin,  if possible. 
PILES  OF THE BLADDER.              347
     Piles of the Bladder.   (Haemorrhoides Vesica?.)
   As  the  pile-disease  consists  in a congestion, which can
 tend to any part of the system, and produce piles, where the
 nature of the attacked  organ admits of it, it is not strange
 to speak of piles of the bladder, because  this organ allows
 the  same  disorganization  in this respect, as  the  rectum.
 They  are also either blind, or open, running piles.
   Diagnosis.—If they are blind, or not running, they cre-
 ate  great  difficulty in making  water,  strangury, ischury,
 sometimes spasms, and inflammations of the bladder (see
 these articles), with consequent  induration and suppuration.
   If they  are open, running piles, the blood coagulates  in
 the bladder,  obstructs the  passage of urine,  and may con-
 tribute to the formation of stones.
   Treatment.—Consult a  homoeopathic physician, if pos-
 sible.   If  not, use the following remedies  : Nux vom., Pul-
 satilla, Sulphur,  besides  all those  recommended in the
 articles on strangury and ischury, in  the  same manner  as
 there stated.

               Polypus of the Bladder.
   The neck  of the bladder is the place most favorable  to
 the  generation of this kind of fleshy  excresences, where
 they occasion frequent obstructions in urinating, producing
 similar symptoms to those  exhibited in  piles  and stones  of
 the bladder.   Their existence, however, is rendered beyond
 doubt, as soon as  fleshy particles of a round form, with a
 stringy substance attached  to them, pass from the bladder;
 females are subject to them more than males.
  Treatment.—If possible, consult a homoeopathic physi-
 cian  for this  disease,  as the  cure  depends  too  much on
constitutionality to make a prescription of remedies for a
domestic work of this  kind  pos ible.   To  commence the 
348  affections of the urinary and genital organs.
treatment, however, give Calcarea carb. every third or fourth
evening a dose (four glob.), for four or six weeks.
  N. B.  I once cured polypus of the bladder with Chamo-
mile, in a complicated case, where the concomitant symp-
toms strongly advised its  use.  No  other remedies Avere
used in this case ; after  the exhibition of Chamomile, the
polypus passed off altogether.
   Staphysag.  is recommended after  Calcarea carb., in the
same manner.

     Gravel and Stone in  the Bladder.   ( Calculus.)
   Diagnosis.—It is sometimes very difficult to be certain of
the existence  of a stone  in the bladder, as it  produces  all
the symptoms  recorded  under strangury, ischury, anApiles
of the bladder.  (See these diseases.)
   The only sure guide in  establishing a true diagnosis, is
the examination by  a competent physician or  surgeon.  In
gravel, the diagnosis is easier, as some of it will pass, from
time to time, clearly showing the nature of the disease.
   Treatment.—The treatment for a stone in the bladder can
not  be given here, as such a disease must not be left to
domestic practice.
   For gravel, the best remedy is Sarsaparilla, either in  a
homoeopathic preparation (four glob.), or, if not at hand, of
the  tincture of Sarsaparilla, every evening  one  drop  on
sugar,  until better.  Besides this  remedy,  those  stated
under " Strangury" are recommended.

             Hemorrhage with the Urine.

             (Hozmaturia.   Mictus cruentus.)
   Diagnosis.—The blood  comes  with  the  urine,  either
mixed with it, like  dark beer (then  it proceeds from  the
kidneys, hozmaturia renalis), or it is separated from the urine, 
AFFECTIONS OF  THE PENIS.
349
coagulated  (then  it comes from  the bladder,  hozmaturia
vesicalis), or  the  blood  comes alone, without  urinating
(then  it proceeds  from the  urethra, stymatosis.)  In the
first case, pains are felt in the region of the kidneys ; in the
second, the region of the bladder is painful; and in the
third case, the pains are in the urethra.
   Causes.—This  disease occurs  always in consequence  of
another already there located, to which Ave refer the reader.
These are:  inflammation  of  the kidneys  and bladder, and
their causes, mechanical  and external, stones and gravel,
strangury, etc.
   Treatment.—The principal remedies are :  China, Ipecac,
Arnica, Pulsatilla, Lycopodium, to be given as stated under
" Strangury,"

                Affections  of the  Penis.
   If the front of the penis — the gland and the prepuce — is
inflamed, red and swollen,  give,  when caused by friction,
Aconite and Arnica, in alternation, every two or three hours
a dose (four glob., infants half a  dose), until better;  keep
quiet on the bed or a couch ; abstain from all meat diet, and
 bathe, if necessary, with cold water alone,  or  water and
 milk ; if caused by want of cleanliness,  give Aconite (four
 glob.) alone,  and  bathe.   If it was  caused by the  touch of
 poisonous plants,  give, in the same manner, Belladonna and
 Rhus, after Aconite has been given.  If a burning dis-
 charge appears from the urethra, give Mercury, and if  not
 better in twenty-four or thirty-six hours, give  Capsicum,
 and in a few  days after,  Hepar ; if  the parts become hard-
 ened, callous, and bluish,  give  Lachesis and Arsenic, in
 alternation.
    Diet and  Regimen.—Nothing but milk  and water,  dry
 toast, and  gruels. 
350 affections of the urinary and genital organs.

   N. B. For syphilitic disorders, chancres, and gonorrhea,
see these articles.

             Affections of the Testicles.
   Inflammation, with painful swelling of the testicles, from
   External  injuries : Aconite and Arnica, as above under
the " Affections of the Penis;"  Arnica,  also, externally.
   Gonorrhea suppressed: Pulsatilla, externally and intern-
ally, as above.
   Metastasis of the mumps :  see this disease ;  Pulsatilla is
the principal remedy.
   Abuse of Calomel:  Pulsatilla and Carbo veg., in alterna-
tion, as above.
   If necessary, give Sulphur after the above remedies have
ameliorated, but not altogether cured.
   Diet and Regimen  as in " Affections of the Penis."
   Hydrocele, or dropsy of the scrotum :  if in infants shortly
after the birth, washing with  a mixture of six drops of Arnica
tincture, in a  teacupful of  water,  three or  four times a
day ; if  in older children, the same, externally, and Pulsa-
tilla every evening a dose (three glob.) internally; if in adults,
Pulsatilla, Silicea, Sulphur, each remedy for eight or twelve
days, every fourth  day a  dose (four  glob.) during that
period, until better, and if not, apply  to a  homoeopathic
physician.
   Diet and regimen  as  usual in  chronic  diseases, when
treated homceopathically.

                   Seminal Weakness.

            (Pollution.  Impotence.    Onania.)
   These diseases are very weakening, and frequently fatal
to happiness, health, and  even life.   As their introduction 
           ERUPTIONS.--SYPHILIS--GONORRHEA.       351

 here would carry us beyond the sphere of a domestic treat-
 ise, we advise our  readers not  to  neglect, for a  single
 day, the  above complaints, which explain their nature  in
 their names, but to have the advice of a skilful homoeo-
 pathic physician at once.

            Eruptions on the Genital Organs.
   Eruptions on the  glans: Bryonia, Rhus; on  the  hairy
 part, Lachesis; on the  penis,  Graphites, Phosphoric acid;
 on  the prepuce,  Sepia,  Silicea;  between the  thighs,
 Petroleum.
   Prurigo on the scrotum (tetter) requires, mostly, Sulphur
 Dulcamara, Nitric acid,  Petroleum, Thuja.
   Administration.—Every evening  a dose (four glob.),
 and thus every medicine used for four days, before another
 one is commenced; if it is not better, wash with  a solution
 (twelve glob, in half a teacupful of water) of  the  same
 remedy during its internal use.
   Diet and Regimen as in chronic diseases.
   Erysipelas of the scrotum requires Belladonna, Rhus, and
 Arsenic, in the same  manner as stated under  " Erysipelas."
 (See " Diseases of the Skin.")
   Diet and regimen as in " Erysipelas."

                 Syphilis.—Gonorrhea.
   We can only mention here the commencement of the
 treatment for these complaints,  as  inveterate or chronic
 disorders  of this kind are so complicated and difficult of
 treatment, as to require  the utmost attention of  a skillful
 homoeopathic physician.

                 a. Syphilis.   Chancre.
   If infection has taken  place, and a slight soreness  man-
ifests itself on the glands, with a pimple which soon becomes a 
352  AFFECTIONS OF THE URINARY AND GENITAL ORGANS.
small ulcer, marked by its hard surface and elevated edges,
take, internally, Mercury, three times a day  (six glob.),
and wash, externally, with a  solution of Mercury (tAvelve
glob, in half a teacupful  of water), until  the  advice  of a
physician can be obtained.

              b. Gonorrhea.  Clap.   Gleet.
   If, after infection, a  soreness of the whole  urethra en-
sues, with inflammation of the  glands in particular, take
Aconite, every two or three hours a dose (four glob.),  for
six or eight times, and  after it, if  a running appears,  Mer-
cury, every three  hours a dose (four glob.), until medical
 aid can be  procured.   Outwardly, use cold water bathing ;
 to subdue pain  and inflammation, keep  perfectly quiet, and
 abstain from all meat diet.
   Diet and Regimen are alike  for both complaints: no
 meat whatever; but milk, water,  and bread; the most per-
 fect rest. 
CHAPTER  XVI.
       DISEASES  OF FEMALES.


  There are diseases peculiar to the female sex, whose dis-
tinctive character is founded in the different physical  or-
ganization of the female from the male.  It shall be our en-
deavor to be as minute in treating of them as the object of
this work will allow, although a great many of them must,
and will, always demand the especial attendance of  a phy-
sician, on account of their importance to life and difficulty
of treatment;  yet a right knowledge of their nature will
diminish fear, and create confidence and trust—a great lever
in surmounting medical difficulties.

                   1. Menstruation.
   With the appearance of  the menses (courses) the age of
puberty commences for the female, and  various changes
take place  in  the mental and  physical development; such
as change of voice, expansion of the chest, enlargement of
the breast, a marked reserve in manners,  and  an increased
attention for outward decorum and appearance.  This time
generally comes, in northern climates, between the  thir-
teenth and fifteenth year; in southern, between the eleventh
and thirteenth.   The same difference  of  time is observed
in the disappearance of the  menstrual discharge, which
takes place, in the northern climates, generally between the
forty-third and  forty-fifth year'; in the southern, between 
354
DISEASES of females.
the forty-first and  forty-third  year.   The menses appear
quite regular in a healthy female, every twenty-eight days
(a slight  deviation of from two to three  days earlier or
later does not constitute of itself disease), and last, at an
average, five days, although this is no absolute rule.
  We  can not recommend too strongly a strict adherence
to the  general principles of Hygiene, as the departure from
these  lays,  in most cases, the  foundation  to those de-
rangements   in the  menstrual functions  Avhich  prove so
fatal to the life and happiness of a female.  And here Ave
may remark that, in the course of a long practice, we have
found the Avearing of thin-soled shoes to be the most fruit-
ful source of the  decay of female beauty, and the decline
of female health.   The  damage of tight lacing (although
considerable) is nothing in comparison with the fatal habit
of appearing in all kinds of weather  in thin-soled shoes ;
the consequences of the latter are beyond description, fear-
ful, and destructive.  Most all diseases which follow a stop-
page of the menses, consumption, fluor albus, etc., can be
traced to this source.  Let reform set in !

          Obstructions of the  First Menses.
   When the menses do not appear,  although the time of
puberty has  come, the young  girl  will  show signs of de-
ranged health Avhich demand our immediate attention.  She
has, perhaps, frequent bleeding at the nose, congestions to
the head, flushed face, constriction of the chest, palpitation
of the heart, etc.   If  these symptoms manifest themselves,
give first,
   Pulsatilla.   If, besides other symptoms, she looks rather
pale,  is slender  and  feeble, melancholy and sad;  feels
better in the open air.
   Bryonia.   If  she looks flushed in the face,  her  nose
bleeds frequently, inclined to constipation. 
CHLOROSIS.
355
   Veratrum.  If she is chilly and inclined to diarrhea.
   Sulphur.   If either of the  above remedies  have  not
brought on the menses.
   Administration.—Of the selected medicine, give  every
evening a dose (four glob.) for four nights, then discontinue
four days, and give  Sulphur in  the same manner.   If  not
better in four or six weeks consult a physician.
   Diet and Regimen. — Let the diet be simple, but  nutri-
tious ;  exercise as much as possible — apply  warm foot-
baths before going to bed.

                        Chlorosis.
   Diagnosis.—Pale, white  color of the skin,  cheeks,  and
lips ; chilliness, lassitude, weak, slow pulse, yet easily excited
on the  least exertion ; difficulty of breathing,  and palpita-
tion  of the heart when exercising ;  swelling of the feet; no
appetite, but sometimes an  immoderate  desire for  unusual
things,  earthy  substances,  as  chalk,  etc.  The blood is
thin, watery ;  if not cured, general dropsy and  consump-
tion, or nervous diseases can set in.   It is mostly a disease
appearing in young girls, when  the first menses do not ap-
pear, or after several hemorrhages, or other diseases,  car-
rying with them great loss of life-sustaining fluid.
   Treatment. — If it occurs in young girls, the treatment
mentioned for obstruction  of the first menses in the pre-
ceding  article will  suit; yet,  after  Sulphur, we  would
recommend Calcarea carb.; if it occurs, however, after severe
sickness, or hemorrhages, give China and Carbo. veg.— every
other evening a dose (six glob.)  alternately, for  at least
five  or  six weeks.   In both cases, if the  above  medicines
do not relieA-e, apply to  a skillful physician without  delay.
   Diet and Regimen.  Let  the diet be very nutritious,
exercise plenty, particularly in open air—if mineral springs 
356
DISEASES OF FEMALES.
are chosen for a summer resort, give the preference to the
chalybeate, containing iron.

               Suppression of the Menses.
   Or their temporary cessation, when once Avell established.
This occurs either suddenly by taking cold (from wet feet
mostly),  overheating,  violent  mental emotions,  faults of
diet, etc., and often  produces violent congestions to the
chest, head, or stomach, with  cramps, convulsions, inflam-
mations,  etc.; there is no disease which could not appear
in consequence of it; or the menses have gradually disap-
peared, without creating any immediate  symptoms in the
female economy, giving rise to suspicion of pregnancy.
   Treatment.—Besides the remedies recommended in " Ob-
structions of the First Menses," which will be of the great-
est benefit here, and  of which Pulsatilla is the principal,
we recommend
   Aconite.   In alternation with Bryonia, every hour or two
hours a dose (four glob.), in a sudden check of the menses,
producing congestions to the head and chest, or Cocculus, in
alternation with Veratrum, in the same manner,  if severe
cramps in the abdomen are present.
   Opium.  If all the blood seems to have rushed to the
head, producing heaviness there, with a dark redness of the
face, and drowsiness,  even convulsive jerks of the muscles.
   Capsicum.   In spasms of the chest, and in alternation
with  Veratrum,  if,  also,  the  abdomen  suffers;  or  with
Opium, if the head  is congested.
   If the menses have been checked by mental  agitation or
depression, take those  remedies  recommended for fright,
fear, etc., in " Affections of the Mind."   See this article.
   Administration the same as in Aconite above. 
PAINFUL MENSTRUATION.--MENSTRUATION TOO EARLY.  357
                 Painful  Menstruation.
  The causes of these tormenting distresses of females are
generally laid in the  early part of womanhood, and owing
chiefly to improper treatment of other diseases, suppression
of eruptions, or habitual discharges, rheumatic disorders,
colds,  etc.   The pains either appear before or during the
flow of the menses, sometimes resembling real labor pains,
with bearing doAvn and forcing ; at other times  as a con-
stant aching in the loins, hips, and limbs.  They generally
diminish in violence as soon  as the  regular flow has com-
menced, but not always.
  Treatment.—If possible, lay down, coA*er well, and take
Coffea,  Pulsatilla, and Veratrum, in alternation, every half
hour a dose (four glob.) until better.   If this  does not suf-
fice, take Nux vom., if the  forcing  pains  predominate ;
Cocculus, if colic pains in the abdomen appear, with short-
ness of breath ; Chamomile, if with discharge  of dark, col-
ored blood there are  pains like labor-pains,  together with
colic pains and tenderness of the  abdomen.
   If a profuse perspiration sets in while in bed, do not leave
it soon after the pains cease, nor cool off too quickly, else
the  pains return.   Avoid  the use of heating substances,
either externally or internally, save a warm  brick  on the
feet or stomach.
   Administration.—As above, under Coffea,  etc.
   Diet.—No coffee for the first two days.

                 Menstruation too Early.
   If the menses appear too early, say every two or three
weeks,  the disorders causing it are  too complicated fre-
quently to be prescribed for in a domestic treatise ; apply to
a physician;  yet the cure may  be commenced  with
the following remedies: 
358
diseases of females.
  Ipecac.   Almost  a specific  in all passive  hemorrhages,
Avhere feebleness,  dullness, nausea,  and  coagulated dis-
charges prevail.
  Ignatia.   Where the menses return every  two weeks,
spirits are depressed ; in alternation with Ipecac if its symp-
toms  are also present.
  Belladonna.  Heat and pains in the head,  with cold feet
and dryness of the throat, bearing down in the abdomen.
   Calcarea carb. is almost a specific in this disease, where
with the menses a diarrhea or frequent discharges from the
bowels appear, with pains  in the bowels;  suitable after
Belladonna.
   Sulphur.   If  the  menstruation is too early and  too
profuse.
   Natrum  muriaticum.  If Calcarea carb.  is insufficient.
   Administration.—Just before, or in the beginning of the
menses, one or two doses of the selected  medicines  every
three hours one dose (six glob.) ; after the  menses are over,
take one more dose, and then wait till the next appearance
of the menses, and observe whether they are more regular
as regards time.

           Menstruation too Late and too Scanty.
   Pulsatilla is the  principal remedy, when the above diffi-
culty exists,  and also when the menses  appear irregular,
sometimes too late  and too profuse (as this is the case par-
ticularly at the critical period—change of life),  sometimes
too early and too scanty.   In the former, Lachesis alternates
well with Pulsatilla.   In most all cases,
   Sulphur is necessary, to complete the cure.
   Compare, also, " Suppression of the Menses," " Obstruc-
tion of the First Menses."
   Administration, Diet, and Regimen, the same as stated
there. 
MENSTRUATION too COPIOUS--FLOODING.      359
          Menstruation too Copious.  Flooding.
  In cases of this kind, causes mental and physical  may
operate, to enumerate all of  which here,  would be impos-
sible.  We content ourselves in directing  the reader to the
various sources, where he can find their remedies.
  If mental causes, such as fright, fear, etc., exist, give the
remedies stated under " Affections of the Mind," for the
several exciting causes.
  If external injuries, see this  chapter.  In cases of this
kind, Arnica is the first remedy, after which others may
be selected.
  In general, however, Ipecac, is the principal remedy (see
" Menstruation too Early"), followed by  China,  if there is
great weakness, buzzing in the ears,  faintness when raising
the head off the pillow; Belladonna, if there is  downward
pressure ; Pulsatilla and Lachesis, if it. occurs during change
of life; also, in such  a case, or in aged women,  Ipecac and
Secale.
   Chamomile.  If dark, clotted blood is  discharged.
   Coffea and Camphor, in  alternation, when there is, be-
sides the above symptoms, exceedingly painful colic.
   Platina.   After Belladonna or Chamomile, when the dis-
charge is  too profuse, or of too long  duration — of  black
and thick blood, with  great nervousness,  sleeplessness, and
constipation.
   Secale.   Particularly with great weakness and  coldness of
extremities.
   If real flooding ensues,  resisting the  above  medicines,
the application of cold water, or pounded ice, over the lower
part of the abdomen,  externally, is  necessary to coagulate
the blood in the vagina and uterus, which stops  the hemor-
rhage.  There can be no fear of getting  cold in doing this,
if it is done well; always keep the patient lightly but well 
360              DISEASES OF  FEMALES.

coA-ered.  In such a  case, the  patient  must lay Avith her
head low.  This treatment Avill be effectual in the severest
cases of flooding.
  Administration. — Dissolve  six glob, of a remedy in six
teaspoonfuls  of water, and give  every fifteen,  twenty,  or
forty minutes a teaspoonful, sometimes  in  alternation with
another, and lengthen the intervals as the patient gets bet-
ter, when no medicine is needed any more.
  Diet and Regimen. — Every drink must be cold and not
stimulating, except Avhen  faintness appears,  Avith deadly
paleness of the face, no pulse, and cloudiness of sight, give
wine and brandy in frequent, small quantities.  Camphor
and China, in such cases, are of the greatest service.   The
patient ought to lay perfectly quiet.

            Menstruation of too long Duration.
   Compare " Menstruation too Copious,"  and give of the
selected medicine every  evening and  morning  a dose (six
glob.) until better.   (See, also, next article,  on "Change
of Life, or Critical Period.")
  Diet in such cases must be highly nutritious.  It is best
to consult a physician early.

 Critical Period.   Cessation of the Menses.  ( Change of Life.)
   This period, commencing  about  at the  age  of forty-five
years,  forms  one of the most important in  the life of a
female.   If not guided  through  this  critical time by the
counsel and aid of  a skillful physician,  she gathers the
seeds  of  endless miseries, or even early death.  This pe-
riod may be a blessing to her,  as well as a source of great
distress;  as after it her  health either  becomes more con-
firmed, or disorganizations in internal  organs are formed,
which  soon  carry her off.   Without enlarging further on
the subject, we recommend  the early and constant advice 
PROLAPSUS UTERI--FALLING OF THE WOMB.    361
of a skillful  physician  during this  time, which  generally
lasts from one and a half to two years.
  First, an irregularity of the courses is experienced ; they
stop for three months, then reappear with great violence,
then stop for four or  six months, during which time the
woman shows more or less symptoms of congestions ; piles
appear; the  limbs swell; pruritus (violent itching  of the
private parts) troubles them;  cramps and colics in  the ab-
domen ; asthmas and palpitations of  the  heart; sick-head-
ache ;  hysterics ; apoplexy, etc.   Sometimes they  remain
perfectly healthy.  These maladies are  so  various,  and
continually  changing and complicated, that they  require
the constant, Avatchful care of a family physician.   Do not
neglect them.
  Treatment. — We can here  only give general  rules:
eat and drink  moderately; sleep in airy, well-ventilated
rooms; avoid violent emotions or exercise, but  contrive to
be busy mentally and bodily ; shun exposure to inclement
weather, wet feet, etc.  (See " Hygiene.")
  Pulsatilla and Lachesis are the principal remedial agents
in this period, of which take every six days one dose (six
glob.) alternately, unless other remedies are necessary.  If
diseases otherwise occur, see their respective chapters.

       Prolapsus Uteri.   (Falling of the Womb.)
  A great deal of abuse has taken place  of late with this
disease, which has almost  become  a fashionable  one, as
neuralgia, etc., through the neglect and ignorance of prac-
titioners, who  call  every feeling  of pressure which they
can not cure  a  "falling or dislocation of the womb," sup-
ported by the feelings  of the patients, who really  believe
they have such a complaint, while in the majority of cases,
they have only the peculiar sensation of forcing or bearing
down,  which results  often from congestion to  the  womb,
       17 
362              DISEASES OF FEMALES.
 caused by other inherent chronic  ailments.  These ought
 to be ascertained and cured, and the poor sufferer not tor-
 mented with endless and senseless supporters and bandages,
 explorations by speculums, attempts to replace the Avomb,
 etc., by practitioners who frequently afterward assert  that
 they have replaced the Avomb, Avhat really they could not
 have done, because it was not dislocated.  If after all the pa-
 tient is not cured, and the same feeling returns, it is said,
 "A relapse has taken place; we must  replace Jt again ;"
 and so the poor sufferer, confiding in her medical attendant,
 never  receives relief.  There  are. undoubtedly,  cases of
 falling of the womb, which require manual replacement;
 but these  occur  mostly after  mechanical injuries,  falls,
 blows, missteps,  etc., or after  severe labor in childbirth,
 and an examination gives unequivocal signs of dislocation.
 To such cases, the above remarks have  no reference.  I
 have seen frequent cases  of the  former kind,  however,
 which were pronounced and treated by eminent physicians
 as prolapsus uteri, where no dislocation Avhatever  existed ;
 in women, too, who never had children, and who  had not
 suffered external injuries.  These patients were cured with-
 out external helps of  pessaries and  supporters, and became
 entirely healthy by a rational internal treatment, after their
 several chronic maladies, congestions to the womb, neu-
 ralgies, and indurations  of the  womb,  etc., had  been
 removed.   Yet they  frequently Avould insist upon it, that
 they had  a falling or dislocation of  the  womb ; judging
 from  their  own  feelings, and  having  been indulged or
 strengthened in them by their former physicians.
  Treatment. — If a falling of the womb, or  its disloca-
tion is  certain, from the preceding external injuries  above
stated, and the consequent constant feeling  of downAvard
pressure, less when lying, worse when  moving or walking,
compelling her to lean forward; the patient ought to lie 
LEUCORRHEA--FLUOR ALBUS.
363
down, and remain quiet, in a horizontal position, sometimes
for Aveeks.  During that time, let her take,
   Belladonna  and Sepia, alternately, every other morning
a  dose  (six glob.) until better, or until one week has
elapsed, when she discontinues the medicine for one week,
yet remains lying; after which, she may repeat the same,
or take,
  Nux vomica.  Afterward Calcarea carb. in the same manner.
   Sometimes  a dose of Platina,  Cocculus, and  Ignatia
may be given,  if the patient exhibits great nervousness,
with constipation.
   Diet. —The usual homoeopathic diet in  chronic diseases.

        Leucorrhea.  Fluor Albus.   (Whites.)
   This  troublesome and weakening complaint consists  of
a  discharge of mucus,  variously colored, and of different
consistency, from the private parts.  It occurs,  generally,
between the age of puberty and the critical period, and is
seldom seen  later than this, except when  discharges  of
this kind  are  excited,  in consequence of the disorganiza-
tion of the womb.   If  it manifests  itself in  children,  or
even infants,  it is either on account of  Avant of cleanliness
of these   parts,  or local  irritations,  such  as pin-worms
(ascarides), etc.
   Weakly females, of a nervous, relaxed, or excited  tem-
perament, are more prone to it;  and the more*our present
state of society becomes over-civilized, with its legion of
pleasures, inactivity of body, idle and  late  hours, bad lit-
erature, and immediate use of tea, coffee,  and other spices
(we mention here, only as an  instance, the increased use
of vanilla), the more easily will this disease be engendered.
   It Avould carry us too far, to go into  the practical  detail
of a disease which requires the most skillful attention of a 
364
DISEASES OF FEMALES.
medical attendant; and we earnestly recommend an appli-
cation to him, in an early stage of the disease.
   Besides this, we recommend cold water, in all its various
applications, as the best means  to  restore the  tone  and
strength of  all the weakened parts of the system.
   The principal medicines to be taken domestically, are :
   Pulsatilla.   Discharge thick, like cream, sometimes cre-
ating an itching around the affected parts.
   Cocculus.  Discharge of a reddish hue before  and after
menstruation, with colic and flatulency.
   Sepia.  After Pulsatilla ;  parts become excoriated ; dis-
charge yellowish, greenish, fetid.
   Calcarea carb.   Whitish, corrosive discharge in children;
in adults it is milky before menstruation or  after lifting;
particularly in fat, corpulent females.
   Sulphur.  If none of the  above remedies  should prove
sufficient.
   Administration. — Four doses of  a remedy selected,
every evening one dose (six glob.) ;  then  abstain from
taking medicine for four days, and if not better at the end
of that time, select another  remedy, and  take it in the
same manner.
   Diet  and Regimen. — Diet must be nourishing, but not
flatulent (see " Dietetic Rules.")  Avoid the causes which
excite this  complaint;  particularly  colds and excitements
of any kind.

                      Pregnancy.
   As this state of the female is  an entirely  physiological
one, it must not be considered abnormal of itself.   It only
becomes so, by deviating from the rules of health.   As
regards diet, a pregnant female may live as she has found
it  for herself most  beneficial heretofore.  She must ab- 
DISEASES during pregnancy.
365
stain, however,  from excesses in  diet,  which  previously
would  not have  injured  her,  for the sake  of the wel-
fare of a being, bound to her by  the most endearing ties;
the moral and physical  health of this expected offspring
depends upon its mother's actions.
   Be careful in all things—careful in not making a mis-
step, in not dressing too tight, in  not sitting up  too late  at
night; in walking too great a distance, and in  eating and
drinking,  be  careful and  moderate.  But enjoy life, as  far
as is possible within these conditions;  and the reward will
be the happiness of others.
   Exercise in the  open  air is good and necessary, but it
must not  be  too  A'iolent; for instance, on horseback, etc.;
walking  in the open air  is the best.  Do not walk  out im-
mediately after dinner;  but early in the morning  or  at
night.  Do not take purgative medicines.
   We will now consider the most common ailments during
pregnancy.

              Diseases  during Pregnancy.
   Pregnant  females are subject to diseases  which, when
not in that condition, would not befall them.  These we will
treat of in particular; while, for  other  ailments, we refer
the reader to their respective headings, giving here only the
most suitable medicines:
   For moral affections  (see "Affections of the Mind"):
Aconite, Pulsat., Bellad., Platina, Lachesis, Stramon.,  VeraU
   Headache  : Belladonna, Bryonia, Nux vomica, Platina,
 Veratrum, Cocculus.
   Toothache : Chamomile, Belladonna, Pulsatilla, Mercury,
 Sulphur, Sepia.
   Convulsions and spasms : Belladonna, Hyosciamus, Ig-
natia, Chamomile,  Platina.
   Dyspepsia : Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Phosphorus. 
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   Constipation: Bryonia, Nux vomica, Opium, Lycopodium,
Sepia.
   Dysury  and strangury  (scanty and painful urination) :
Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Cocculus, Sulphur.
   Diarrhea : Antimon. crud., Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Mer-
cury, Sepia.
   Piles (hemorrhoids) :  Nux vomica, Ignatia, Aconite, Sul-
phur.
   Incontinence of urine:  Pulsatilla, Belladonna,  Stramo-
nium,  Cina, Silicea.
   Sleeplessness : Coffea,  Belladonna, Nux vomica, Hyosci-
amus, Opium.
   Fainting (hysterics) : Ignatia,  Pulsatilla,  Aconite, Bel-
ladonna.
   Melancholy  (low  spirits) : Aconite,  Pulsatilla,  Ignatia,
Belladonna.
   Cramps in the abdomen:  Belladonna, Nux vomica, Pul-
satilla.
   Cramps in the back :  Ignatia, Rhus tox.
   Cramps in the hips: Colocynth, Rhus.
   Cramps in the legs (calves) :  Veratrum, Secale.
   Cramps in the feet:  Calcarea carb.
   Pain in right  side  (see article  "Liver"):  Chamomile,
Aconite, Pulsatilla.
   Heart-burn  (sour stomach), Water-brash:  Nux vomica,
Phosphoric acid, Pulsatilla, Sulphur.
   In  all  the above  diseases,  compare their respective
chapters.

                  Nausea and Vomiting.
   This distressing complaint is present during the pregnancy
of some females ; in others it is wanting.   It begins usually
about  six Aveeks after  conception,  and lasts up to the fourth,
fifth, even seventh month, more or less violently.   It is of 
PRURITUS.—VARICOSE VEINS.             367
a constitutional origin, and can not be taken away easily,
as the exciting  cause still exists.  The same may be said
about the spitting of frothy saliva, Avith Avhich some women
are troubled.
  Exercise in the open air, cheerful  society, strengthening
food, and refreshing drinks, such as ale, lemonade, or salt
fish, sardines,  smoked herring,  are  frequently means to
alleviate the sufferings.   The following  medicines,  also,
often have a good effect:
   Ipecac.  If bile is thrown up, coated tongue, loss of ap-
petite.
   Nux vomica.  If  with sickness at the stomach  there is
headache, constipation, pressure in the stomach.
   Arsenic.  Vomiting after   eating and drinking; great
Aveakness.
   Pulsatilla.  Sour vomiting ; white, coated tongue.
   Petroleum.   (See "Sea-sickness.")

                   Pruritus.   (Itching.)
   This distressing disease  of  the private  parts often takes
away rest and comfort from the pregnant females, and must
be removed as soon as possible.  Try first, frequent wash-
ings Avith water, and if not better, wash with a solution  of
borax and Avater, three or four times a day.
   Internally, take  the remedies  recommended under this
head, in " Diseases of the Skim"

                     Varicose Veins.
   A complaint Avhich consists in an extension of the veins
 on the lower extremities, owing to the pressure of  the preg-
nant  uterus on the  large veins of the abdomen,  impeding
 the speedy return  of the veinous blood  upAvard, creating,
 thereby, stagnation.   If  they are not painful and large,
 frequent Avashing in cold water is sufficient, as they speed- 
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DISEASES OF FEMALES.
ily disappear after the birth of the child.  But  Avhen  they
are very large  and painful, the patient should lie down for
a few days, and  apply besides, if necessary, a bandage or
laced stocking, to compress the extended veins.
   The following remedies can be  taken  with  benefit,
every three days one dose (six glob.), changing the medi-
cines every Aveek, until better :
  Arnica, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Lycopodium.

           Spots on the Face during Pregnancy.

   Yellowish or brownish spots on the face, which often ap-
pear in pregnant females, require the use  of Sepia, every
eight days one dose (six glob.), until better.

                Miscarriage.  (Abortion.)

   Miscarriage can take place at any time between the first
and seventh month.  If it occurs after the seventh, it is no
longer so called, but premature birth; as at this period the
child can be saved,  and the object of pregnancy be gained—
to give birth to  a living child.   But if the child is  born
before the seventh month, it can not live ; thence the  name
"miscarriage."   The more advanced  the pregnancy is,
the  less  is the  danger which  might result  from a  mis-
carriage.  The  oftener a woman has miscarried, the  more
her  constitution inclines  to new misfortunes  of the same
kind. Miscarriages are more liable to  occur again at the
same time of  pregnancy, at which the  former  or last one
happened ;  if once  past that period,  the danger to miscarry
diminishes.   Miscarriage can become a habit;  it sometimes
appears  epidemically, in  so  far, at least,  as in certain
seasons the  uterine  congestion generally increases (menses
appear more  frequently and profusely,  hemorrhages  take 
MISCARRIAGE.
369
place spontaneously, etc.),  and in the same ratio, the possi-
bility and occurrence of abortion multiplies.*
   If a woman approaches the time where formerly she had
miscarried, she must be careful not to provoke a return by
walking great distances, lifting, running doAvn stairs, riding
over a rough road, etc.  These practices might excite at
any time a miscarriage in females who  never were predis-
posed to it; certainly much more in  those  already predis-
posed.   A weakening,  luxurious mode of  living,  great
mental excitement, are causes of miscarriage, and must be
strictly avoided.
   The premonitory symptoms of  a miscarriage are :  chilli-
ness,  followed by fever and pressing down sensation, which
afterward increases to labor-pains ; cutting, drawing, mostly
in the loins and abdomen.   A discharge of bright-red blood
either immediately issues  from the  vagina,  or coagulated,
dark blood appears afterward in spells ;  frequent  repetitions
of these  efforts of nature are usually necessary to expel the
foetus ; varying in duration from two hours to two days.
   Treatment.—As soon as the above  symptoms appear,
  * I observed this phenomenon, on the approach of the Asiatic cholera in
Cincinnati in December, 1848, when there was a sensible increase of mis-
carriages and hemorrhages of every kind, increasing during the spring of
1849, and being at its  height in July and August, when the cholera  was
raging the most fearfully.  Women miscarried at this time who never  be-
fore had had any predisposition to it, although mothers of many children;
premature births occurred without any apparent cause, bodily or mentally.
After that time, the tide  of the disease turned, aud with it the abortion^
decreased in number; also, other kinds of hemorrhages.  Undoubtedly, the
small quantity of positive electricity in the  atmosphere caused a general de-
bility in the nervous system, and consequent muscular and vascular laxity,
which even involved, in its general effects, the uterus in all its  functions.
Hence the epidemical appearance of abortions.   £uch facts must only be
known and recongized as such, and it becomes an easy task to prevent mis-
fortune.
        17* 
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DISEASES OF FEMALES.
even if in a slighter degree, the patient must lie down  and
keep  perfectly quiet, without  moving;  if  the attack is
brought on by mechanical injury—a fall, blow, misstep, or
walking, lifting, etc., take
  Arnica.   TAvelve globules dissolved in half a teacupful
of water, every fifteen  or twenty minutes  a teaspoonful,
until better, or until after one hour another remedy becomes
necessary.
   Secale will be the next remedy to be given, in the same
manner as Arnica, particularly in females who have  mis-
carried more  than  once ; in older ones, or in  those  who
have  a weak and exhausted constitution.
   China,  in  alternation with  Secale, becomes necessary,
when the loss of blood is considerable, and  weakness and
exhaustion evidently increases; buzzing in the ears ; cloud-
iness of  sight; fainting when raising from the pillow.
   Ipecac, becomes a necessary  remedy, in alternation  with
 Secale, if with flooding there is nausea, fainting, cramps.
   Platina and Belladonna in alternation,  either at  the be-
ginning or, after Ipecac has failed to relieve.
   Administration the same as stated in Arnica.
   Diet and Regimen.— As in " Menstruation too Copious,"
 " Flooding,"  which  article  may also be consulted, if the
above remedies are insufficient for the flooding.  After the
foetus has passed aAvay, treat the patient in the same manner
 as would be necessary after a  regular  birth.  The  patient
must keep  the bed for the same  length of time  as in regu-
 lar childbed.   This fact must be well remembered.
   Do not neglect to procure a physician, if  possible, imme-
 diately.
   N.  B. Premature  birth,  or  a birth occurring  after the
seventh, and during the eight month, must be  treated as a
regular birth ; but frequently needs medical aid, which ought
to be procured. 
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            Parturition.  Regular  Birth.
  This is a physiological and healthy process, setting in at
the end of the ninth  month  of pregnancy, by contractions
of the womb, called labor-pain, which, at first light, increases
in violence  and strength,  until the child is expelled.   If
labor occurs after the ninth month (sometimes it delays for
two  weeks), it becomes  harder on account of the child
becoming larger,  and its head  more  closed, consequently
less compressible.

                       Labor-pains.
   The following medicines will be of  benefit  to  correct
the irregularity and painfulness of  labor-pains :
   For ineffectual or spasmodic pains : Coff. Cham., Nux., Sec.
   For the absence of labor-pains : Pulsatilla, Secale.
   For excessivly painful labor-pains :  Coffea, Aconite.
   For sudden cessation of labor-pain, with congestion to the
 head, redness of the face, drowsiness  :  Opium.
   Administration.—Every  half hour a dose (four glob.)
 until better, or another remedy is chosen.

       Adherence of the After-birth.  (Placenta.)
   When, after delivery, no more pains appear, to expel the
 after-birth within half  an hour, give Pulsatilla and Secale,
 alternately, ever fifteen  or twenty minutes  a  dose (three
 glob.), until new contractions ensue, after which, the  pla-
 centa will soon appear.  If  the patient's head is congested,
 full, red, give of Belladonna four globules in preference to
 the above remedies.

               Treatment after  Delivehy.
    Perfect rest and sufficient covering are the first necessities
 after delivery. No change of clothes or position ought to take 
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DISEASES IN FEMALES.
place within the first eight or ten hours after delivery; during
this time the patient generally enjoys a good sleep, into which
she may be allowed to fall one hour after delivery ; nothing
restores the lost strength better than a good, quiet sleep.
   If flooding threatens, rub the region over the Avomb  by
regular frictions with the hands, until  the womb contracts
again, and after-pains  appear, which  diminish the danger
of flooding;  or else give  her  Belladonna,  if  there is a
great deal of bearing down;  Chamomile, if there is cold-
ness of the limbs and pains around the abdomen.
   China  and Ipecac, in alternation,  in  the worst cases,
when the above remedies do not succeed ; or,
   Pulsatilla,  if the discharge  of  clotted  blood appears
at intervals,  ceases, and  reappears;  also, Crocus, Pla-
tina, and Sabina.   As the last remedy, apply cold water in
wet bandages,  which  must be  frequently renewed,  or
pounded  ice on the abdomen,  which  allays the  flooding
soon.  (See "Menstruation too Profuse, Flooding.")

                      After-pains.
   These  are necessary evils, as their beneficial  effect in
contracting the womb  more  perfectly is too evident.  Yet,
they sometimes become harrassing and almost unbearable ;
in such cases, use the following remedies:
   Arnica, as the first medicine, to soothe the irritability of
the womb after such heavy  exertions; next, or in alterna-
tion with  it,
   Pulsatilla, almost a specific for these  pains ; or, if  not
better,
   Chamomile and Nux vom., in alternation.
   Secale,  in  weakly persons, or those who have already
had many children.
   Coffea,  if the  pains seem  to be so severe that the patient
almost despairs. 
DURATION OF CONFINEMENT.   SECRETION OF MILK.  373
  Adminirtration.—Every half hour or hour a dose (four
glob.), until better.

               Duration of Confinement.
  If thus far this process is a perfectly healthy one (and
neglect or mismanagement  only can  make  it a source of
suffering), its remaining part — that of confinement in bed
after delivery — passes off,  generally, in the same healthy
manner.  During this time, usually fourteen  days, posi-
tively no visitors should be admitted on any consideration.
In the best case, where nothing is wanting in regard to ap-
petite, strength, or milk, and other natural  discharges, the
patient must not be allowed, before the fifth day, to sit up,
and then, during the next five or six days,  only as long as
is necessary to have the bed made and aired.   The  reason
is,  to  give the  womb ample time to reduce and  replace
itself in the proper location; and that  can  safely be done
only while lying.   Attending to this  advice, literally,  may
save years of misery.  The diet in this time may be more
substantial, if wished for, and if  the  mother and child feel
well otherwise.

        Breast.  Nipples.  Secretion of  Milk.
  It is of the utmost importance for happiness and health,
that the greatest care should be bestowed upon the breasts
and their secretions, the milk, the  fountain of life for a
being  so  dear to  a  mother.  Months before  the birth of
the child, the breasts, which sometimes already enlarge at
that time, must be  prepared for  their duty afterward, by
washing them  every day in cold water, particularly the
nipples, so as to harden them for the  service to come.
  Milk fever generally, if it is not too  severe, passes off
without injury, and requires no  other  action on  our part
than to watch the patient closely, day and night, attending 
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DISEASES OF FEMALES.
scrupulously and kindly to her Avants, because mental ex-
citement at this period often becomes fatal.
   If, however, chilliness is followed by a very high fever,
flushed face, etc., give Aconite in alternation Avith Coffea, if
great restlessness is present; every hour a teaspoonful of a
solution made of twelve  globules  in half a  teacupful  of
water.  Bryonia, Belladonna and Rhus are afterward neces-
sary, one after the other,  every six or eight hours  a dose
(four glob.), if the pain and  swelling  in the breast  still
continues.  The child may continue to draw the breast,  or
it may be drawn by the nurse or a breast pump.
   Diet very light; gruel,  toast and tea.

                      Sore Nipples.

   The soreness  and  tenderness,  even bleeding  of  the
nipples, require,  at first, applications, of
   Arnica, tincture, six  drops of it  to  half  a teacupful  of
Avater ; wash with it every time after the child has nursed.
If no better in eight days, and the nipples inflame, swell, and
threaten to ulcerate, give
   Chamomile, particularly when the pains seem to be in-
supportable, like  toothache — every four or  six  hours a
dose (four glob.), until  better.  If the  nipples ulcerate  or
suppurate, dissolve of
   Silicea twelve globules in half a teacupful of water, and
Avash three or four times a day, or after every nursing ; if
not better in four or six days, take the following medicines,
one after the other, in the same manner as Silicea, until one
relieves, when all medicines  must be  discontinued until
worse  again:  Mercury, Sulphur,  Graphites,  Lycopodium,
Calcarea carb.
   Diet as usual. 
AGUE IN  THE BREAST.
375
          Ague in the Breast.  Gathered Breast.
  Give, immediately, Chamomile and Bryonia in alterna-
tion, every hour a dose, four glob, for four hours, after which
discontinue  for four  hours and let  the  fever pass  off by
perspiration, without giving any more medicine ; if the fever
will not disappear, hoAvever,  or returns, give
  Aconite and Belladonna, particularly  if the breasts  are
swollen,  hard,  and  very  tender;  externally,  apply  hot
brandy cloth.  If lumps remain in  the  breast, rub with
sweet  oil, or lay over the breast a plaster of beeswax and
sweet oil.
  If a gathering of the  breast can not be avoided, abstain
from putting on the  warm poultices as long as possible, as
they only implicate a still  larger part of the breast within
the suppurating sphere ; give,  during this time,
  Phosphorus and Hepar, in alternation,  morning and even-
ing  one dose (four glob.), until better  or until  four doses
of each  are taken, after which  discontinue the medicine,
awaiting its  effects for  at least  three or four days; if no
signs of  improvement are visible, give
  Mercury  and Lachesis in the same manner; and then
ao-ain Phosphorus and Hepar, until the abscess has opened,
or the swelling is diminished.
   After the  abscess has opened and discharged the mat-
ter, give
   Silicea,  internally, every evening and morning a dose
(four glob.) ; externally in a wash on the breast, three times
a day, made of twelve globules of Silicea in half a teacup-
ful  of Avater, Avell shaken.  This remedy may be followed
in two weeks by
   Sulphur, internally, same as  Silicea,  and in  alternation
with it, until the breasts are  healed.
   Diet, nourishing,  but not stimulating. 
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DISEASES OF FEMALES.
                   Deficiency of Milk.
   Besides using drinks which have a tendency to increase
 the  milk, such as milk-punch (milk  with brandy), beer
 and milk, tea or coffee with milk, give
   Pulsatilla,  Causticum,  Calcarea carb.,  each one for a
 week, every third night a dose (four glob.)

                 Suppression of the Milk.
   If the secretion  of the  milk is  suppressed suddenly,
 either by mental or physical causes, great injury is to be
 feared, if the proper measures are not adopted immediately ;
 one of them is to take
   Pulsatilla, twelve globules dissolved in half a teacupful
 of Avater, every two or three hours a teaspoonful.   If con-
 gestion to the head, lungs, or abdomen takes place after the
 milk has disappeared,  give Belladonna and Bryonia, in
 alternation, in the same manner as Pulsatilla.
   If mental emotions were the cause,  give
   Aconite, Coffea, Chamomile.  (See in "Diseases of the
 Mind" for the consequences of fear, fright, etc.)
   If taking cold was  the  cause, give  Chamomile, Bryonia,
 and Rhus, particularly when the head and limbs  ache, in
 the same manner.
   If diarrhea  sets  in,  give  Pulsatilla,  Bryonia, Rhus,
 Belladonna.

        Milk bad, too thin, or repugnant to the Child.
   Give the mother Cina, Mercury, Silicea, every third  day
a dose (four glob.), each remedy for ten days ;  Silicea, par-
ticularly if the child vomits immediately after sucking.

          Milk, excessive flow of it.    Weaning.
  Internally, give Pulsatilla, Bryonia, Belladonna, Galea- 
WEANING.--STATE OF THE  BOWELS.       377
rea,  in  succession,   each  remedy  for  thirty-six hours,
every twelve hours  a dose (six  glob.)  Externally, wash
with spirits of  Camphor, and wear  constantly cotton bat-
ting.   This is the best external  application which can be
used at the time of weaning the child.

                  State of the Bowels.
   On account of the great changes going on at this time in
the female organism, the  secretion  from the womb  and
breasts, whereby a great quantity of  liquids is disposed of,
the secretion in the  bowels by the stool is retarded, and,
consequently, no evacuation designed by nature, for at least
five days  after delivery ; if any  stool is forced, artificially,
before  that time, it is that much liquid taken away from
places where nature needed it the most.  If,  after the lapse
of five  days, no motion on the bowels has appeared, give of
   Bryonia, four  doses  every three hours  one (six glob.),
and await its  effects twenty-four hours, after which,  give
Nux vom. in the same manner, if necessary.
   Sulphur after that,  if necessary,  in  the same manner.
An injection,  either of luke-warm water and two table-
spoonfuls of sweet oil, or the same with a little castile-soap
 dissolved in it, may be given on the sixth day, if necessary,
 and as often afterward as needed.
   If diarrhea sets in, the principal medicines are  : Rheum,
 Phospor. acid, China,  Pulsatilla.  For  closer examination
 of the  symptoms  and their  exciting  cause, see article
 " Diarrhea."
   But there  is  one kind of diarrhea  peculiar to nursing
 women, which is frequently connected with the nursing sore
 mouth (see this below.)   The discharges from the bowels
 are whitish, curled, smelling sour and musty, being  copi-
 ous and frequent, but not very painful.  This diarrhea is
 the beginning of consumption of the bowels,  and must be 
378              DISEASES OF FEMALES.
attended to immediately.  I have found the following rem-
edies almost specific in such cases :
   Nux vomica, and Hepar, alternately, every three hours a
dose (six glob.), until better, or until six doses of each are
taken ;  at the same time the patient must lie on the bed or
couch.
   Diet.—Black tea, dry toast, rice,  afterward  beef-steak
and roasted  mutton.   (See, besides, " Consumption of the
Bowels."

              Sore Mouth of Nursing Women.

    In  some  females  this complaint is constitutional; it is
  caused by the peculiar  irritation which nursing has upon
  their digestive organs;  if let alone, it sometimes  becomes
  so bad as  to  force  us to discontinue  nursing,  or  to send
  the  patient  to  mountainous  places  (the  higher  the
  better), where the  digestive  organs become stronger and
  more able to resist this weakening influence, occasioned by
  the constant loss of  fluid (milk.)   The following remedies,
  however, will be used with benefit:
    Mercury,  China, in alternation, every evening and morn-
  ing a  dose  (four glob.), for a week.
    Nitric  acid, every other evening a dose (four glob.),
  until better, or for a week ; and, afterward,
    Borax, Nux vom., Sulphur in the same manner.   (Be-
  sides, see article on " Stomacace.")
    Diet and Regimen.   Diet nutritious, but not flatulent, as
  frequently  a diarrhea accompanies  this complaint,  which
  requires particular attention.   See foregoing article.
    Exercise in the cool fresh air (but not fatiguing exertion
  by walking), riding out in  a  carriage,  etc., are beneficial;
  also, cold bathing, or sponging. 
INFLAMMATION IN THE ABDOMEN.
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    Discharge from the Womb during Confinement.

                       (Lochia.)
  This  bloody secretion  from the  womb  is  called  the
" Lochia," and lasts, generally, from nine to fourteen days,
becoming gradually paler from the beginning until finally
a lightish  mucus discharge is left, which  diminishes in
quantity, until it  also disappears.
  This  is the natural process ; the deviations from  it are
abnormal,  and require attention.  If they  are suppressed
entirely, and fever, pain, and congestion follow, particularly
in the abdomen and head, give Bryonia, Pulsatilla,  Hyos-
cyamus,  Platina,  Secale, Veratrum.
  (Another means to  make  them reappear  again  is, to
apply on the womb warm fomentations of hops in a bag.)
  If they are too profuse, or of  too long duration, Ipecac,
 China,  Secale, Calcarea carb,  Pulsatilla, Bryonia, Platina.
If the white lochia becomes bloody again, Rhus.
  Administration the  same as in " Menstruation too Pro-
fuse, Flooding."
  Diet ann Regimen, also, the same.

          Pain.  Inflammation in the Abdomen.

              Metritis and Puerperal Fever.
  If the abdomen  becomes very sensitive to the touch or
by movement, shooting pains, fever, headache, give imme-
diately  Bryonia  and  Belladonna,  twelve globules of each
dissolved separately  in teacups  half full of water,  every
two hours a  teaspoonful, alternately; send for the  physi-
cian immediately; if  the lochia had stopped, apply, exter-
nally, a bag filled with hops dipped in hot water and wrung
out Avell.  If perspiration ensues, encourage it  until the
pain has disappeared. 
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DISEASES OF FEMALES.
       General Complaints during Confinement.
  For sleeplessness:  Coffea.
  For colic :  Chamomile, Bryonia, Pulsatilla,  Sepia, Vera-
trum.
  For convulsions (spasms) Ignatia, Hyoscyamus, Platina.
  For retention of urine : Nux vom., Belladonna, Pulsatilla.
  For debility: China, Phosphor, acid, Veratrum, Calcarea
carb.
  For falling off of the hair: Lycopodium, Calcarea, Natrum
mur., Sulphur.
  For white swelling (milk leg): Belladonna, Rhus, Lachesis,
Arsenic, Sulphur.
  N. B.  For  further information  and the administration
of  medicines in the  above diseases, see their  respective
chapters. 
CHAPTER  XVII.
       TREATMENT  OF  CHILDREN.


Apparent  Death of a New-born Infant.   (Asphyxia.)
   When a  new-born infant, either from exhaustion or other
causes, does  not breathe  or very imperfectly, order a
warm bath, and while that is being prepared, rub the spinal
processes, from the neck down to between  the shoulders,
up and down, gently but firmly for some time, and blow
the breath gently into its mouth from time to time, if it
does not breathe.
   In  the  bath,   pursue  the  same  manipulations,  and
give,  a few drops of a  solution of  Tartar emetic, one
grain in half a teacupful of water; also, give  an injection
of it every fifteen or twenty minutes.  If the child looks
blue in the face  (strangled), give  Opium, in  the same
manner prepared, on the tongue, and by injection.
   After the  child revives, but looks pale and exhausted,
give China, one glob, every tAvo hours, for six hours.
   Diet of a  New-born  Infant. — After washing and
dressing, the infant wants sleep, into which it falls as soon
as it is warm enough.  Put it in the  mother's bed—near
her, if possible.   After having slept for six or eight hours,
lay it on the breast, even if no milk were there, and feed
it afterward with  molasses  and water (under no circum- 
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stances  bread and Avater), or  milk and Avater, half  and
half, and SAveetened with loaf sugar.
  Wash its mouth after feeding every time Avith cold water;
it prevents the thrush.

              Colic.— Crying of  Infants.
  Examine well Avhether pins,  sticking  the little  sufferer
are the cause.
  If no cause  is  apparent but the universal one (colic),
give Chamomile and Belladonna,  in alternation, every  half
hour or hour a dose (one glob.) on the tongue.
  If the child bends its body double while crying, and re-
tracts its thighs, give
   Chamomile, when the face is red; or Belladonna, when
the face is pale.  If the child has greenish  stools at the
same time, give Chamomile.  If it has  loose evacuations,
of a sour smell, give Rheum.   If these will not suffice,
  Ipecac, and  Jalappa. All in  the same manner.   For
great restlessness, sleeplessness, and feverish heat, with  cry-
ing, give  Coffea cc' and. Belladonna cc-, in the same manner.

                Elongation of the Head.
  This deformity  of the infant's  head is only temporary ;
wash it with Arnica tincture and  water (six  drops to a  tea-
cupful) ; in a few days it will disappear.

    Snuffles — Obstruction of the Nose.   (Coryza.)
  Give Nux vomica, one glob, in the evening, and Sambucus
the next evening,  if not better; in that  manner alternate,
until relieved.
  If the nose runs water, give Chamomile.

         Swelling  of the breasts in  Infants.
  Do not press or handle rudely these delicate swellings ; 
          INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES.--THRUSH.       383

 as they contain nothing, the least of all milk, to be squeezed
 out.  It is  an inflammation, and  must be treated like any
 other inflammation  of glands.  First, we should  try  to
 reduce  the swelling; which can be accomplished, in most
 cases, by covering it with  a lint,  dipped  in sweet  oil.   If
 this will not suffice,  wash it several times in warm  brandy
 and water, and give  the  child internally Chamomile and
 Belladonna, alternately, every evening and morning a dose
 (one glob.)   If it still grows larger (I have  seen  them  of
 the height of one inch and more), keep on it  a bread and
 milk poultice, and after  the gathering  opens, treat it like
 any other abscess ; inwardly give Mercury and Hepar, every
 evening one glob., alternately.

              Restlessness.  Sleeplessness.
   If from any apparent cause,  the child can not sleep, give
 it Coffea cc-  and Belladonna cc', alternately, every hour one
 glob.

              Inflammation of the Eyes.
   This  is a frequent complaint  among infants.  Do not ex-
 pose the eyes to a light too strong, neither let it take cold
 in drafts of air.  Drop a few drops of the mother's milk
 into the eyes  several times a day.   Besides,  give  Aconite
 and Belladonna, in alternation,  three times a day one glob.,
 for several days.
   If not better,  give  Euphrasia  and  Rhus,  in the same
 manner ;  and, at  last, Sulphur, every  other  evening one
glob., for a week.

     Thrush, or Sore  Mouth of Infants.  (Aphtha?.)
  Wash immediately  with Borax, dissolved  in water and
sugar (do not rub with the dry Borax) ; cleanse  well  all
spots with a cloth dipped in the soiution, and then wash the 
384             TREATMENT OF CHILDREN.
mouth well with  another clean cloth, dipped in clean, cold
water.  If we use Borax in the dry state, too much  of it
remains  in the  mouth, creating there the same disease
which we tried to cure ; because it is the true homoeopathic
remedy ; in the  above described manner, however, cases of
thrush have been cured, which were previously treated for
a  length of time with pulverized Borax, without the least
beneficial effect.  At the same time, give the child  Mer-
cury  and Sulphur, every three or  four days, alternately,
one glob.

            Heat.   Red  Gum.  Heat Spots.
   In most cases, they disappear quickly, without medicine,
if the child is not kept too warm, and bathed regularly.
   If  the  child  is restless  with them, give  Chamomile,
Aconite, Belladonna,  Rhus, Arsenic,  every evening  one
glob., and every day another remedy, until relieved.

         Excoriations.  Rawness  of the Skin.
   This happens  mostly in very fleshy infants.
   Chamomile.  Every evening one glob., for three or four
days ; then discontinue the medicine for four days.
   Mercury.  In the same manner.
   Sulphur, Lycopodium.  In the same manner.
   Wash often, and dry well;  after which, use  externally
fine wheaten  starch.

                       Jaundice.
   Often  occurs  when children have taken cold, or have
been purged too frequently with castor oil.
   Chamomile and Mercury, in alternation, every  evening
one glob., until better.
  Nux vomica.   In the same manner,  if the child  is rest-
less and costive. 
          ERYSIPELAS.--CONVULSIONS, OR  SPASMS.      385

  Hepar.   If  the above  remedies do  not suffice,  every
other evening one glob.

                      Ervsipelas.
  (See " Erysipelas," under " Diseases of the Skin.")
  This disease claims the attention of a homoeopathic phy-
sician.   Yet the  following remedies  may be given, until
one can be procured.
  Belladonna and Aconite, alternately, every three or four
hours one glob.;  after the fever has subsided
  Belladonna and Rhus, in the  same manner.
  The child must be kept dry during  this disease, and lint
may be  applied to the parts affected.

                Convulsions or  Spasms.
  Order immediately a warm bath, and while that is pre-
paring,  select from  among the following remedies that
which is suitable.
  Belladonna.   Almost  in  all spasms  the  first remedy.
Give, in  preference, the Belladonnacc',  in the following
manner : put directly two glob, of it on the tongue of the
child; then dissolve  twelve  glob, in four teaspoonfuls of
water, mix well, and give every fifteen minutes a few drops
on the tongue.
  After the bath  (which may last from five to ten minutes),
wrap the child, Avithout drying off, in  heated flannel, and
lay it with its head higher on a pillow made of  quilts, and,
if possible, covered with oil-cloth.
  If the spasms will not cease, keep  the child's feet and
legs in warm water, at the same time  pouring a stream of
cold water on the  crown of its head, until  consciousness
returns.   This process must be repeated frequently, although
the first attempts have proved inefficient; it has been tried
with the greatest  success.
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386             TREATMENT OF CHILDREN.
   If by this time the child has not yet recovered from the
 fit, order an injection of lukeAvarm water, and a tablespoon-
 ful  of sweet  oil, together with  a little  soapsuds  (castile
 soap) to be given, and select another remedy, Avhich admin-
 ister in the same manner as Belladonna cc".
   Chamomile.  Convulsive jerkings,  moaning,  eyes half
 open, redness of one cheek.
   Cina cc'.   If worms are to be suspected.
   Coffea cc'.  In weakly children, subject to frequent fits.
   Ignatia.  When the fits return in regular intervals.
   Ipecac.  When the breathing is short between  the fits,
 nausea, and frequent spasmodic stretchings.
   Opium.   In fits after fright, when  the breathing is
 labored, the face dark, flushed, almost blue.
   If after the fit is over the child sleeps,  but with  its eyes
 half open, give Hellebor. and Belladonna,  as  directed under
 " Hydrocephalus," page 388.

                 Teething.   ( Dentition.)
   With  seven months, the two  middle teeth of the lower
 jaw  appear ;  shortly after, the two corresponding ones in the
 upper jaw.  From this time, the little  organism is con-
 stantly putting forth teeth, until,  at the end of two or two
 and  a half years, the first dentition,  consisting  of twenty
 teeth, is  completed.
   The process of teething excites in  the  little ones a va-
 riety of diseases, Avhich, if not Avell treated, too often prove
 fatal.  The mother can  do a great deal, in directing the
 mode of  her living, in  eating,  drinking, and acting,  so
 as not to make her milk another source of suffering for the
 sickly sufferer.  (See " Hygiene.")
  The gums swell and are painful; yet the child wants to
 bite  and press something hard on the  teeth,  to relieve the
intolerable itching and irritation underneath the gums.   Give 
CONSTIPATION.
387
it an ivory ring.  If fever appears, with restlessness, retch-
ing,  etc.,  give  Coffea cc" and Belladonna ce',  alternately,
every half hour or  hour half a teaspoonful (twelve  glob.
having been dissolved in half a teacupful of water.)
   Chamomile  and Belladonna.   If convulsive jerkings or
twitchings occur in the sleep.
   Cina.   If with teething it  has a dry, spasmodic cough,
or signs of worms—rubbing at the nose.
   Aconite.  If the  fever is high.
   If a diarrhea of  a  yellowish  color Occurs, it is not ob-
jectionable at first; but  if it  becomes  of a whitish, slimy
color, and curdled, give  Coffea,  Ipecac,  Calcarea carb.
   If convulsions ensue, treat as stated under that article—
page  385.
   If the teeth are tardy in breaking through, do not lance
them (it can only be  of use where  they are much swollen
and heated),  but give  Calcarea carb., every  evening two
glob., for a week ;  then discontinue a week, and give Sul-
phur, in the same manner.
   If constipation occurs  during  teething, give Bryonia and
Nux vomica, alternately, every evening a dose (two glob.)
for six days.

                      Constipation.
   It is a bad practice to give children physic,  castor oil,
etc., rather than to take the trouble to prepare an injection
for them, Avhich is  easily done ; as it consists only of warm
Avater, with a little piece of castile soap dissolved in it, and
sweet oil.   This is much better to apply than to give chil-
dren something, which,  if it for the present relieves  them,
renders them afterward more constipated than ever.   First
give them the following medicines :
   Bryonia,   Nux  vomica,  and  Opium,   in  succession,
each remedy  for one day, and  three doses (two glob.) of 
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TREATMENT OF CHILDREN.
each in  a day.   If not better, give Sulphur, in the same
manner; and then, if necessary, give the above injections.
  Besides, allow  as much cold water as they will take,
and rub their stomachs every evening well with SAveet  oil.

                 Diarrhea of Infants.
  If it has a sour smell:  Rheum.
  If with colic and a red face :  Chamomile.
  If with colic and a pale face: Belladonna.
  If not relieved after these, give  Sulphur.
  If the diarrhea always appears in the heat of summer :
Ipecac, Nux vomica, Bryonia, Carbo veg.
  If from cool weather : Dulcamara, Antimon. crud.
  If with great emaciation  and weakness: Arsenic, Carbo
veg.
  Administration. — After every operation, one glob, of
the selected medicine.  For further information, see  " Diar-
rhea."

                  Fevers of Infants.
  Always  give  Aconite, two  glob, first; in two or three
hours, Chamomile and  Coffea, in  alternation, every one or
two  hours two  glob, (or in water, as usual) ; and lastly,
Belladonna, in the same manner.
  By that time,  the fever must have shown  its character,
or the child will be well.
  Diet. — Give  a thirsty  child as much cold water as it
wants.

        Dropsy  of the Brain.  (Hydrocephalus.)
   Children with large  heads and  of a scrofulous taint are
more subject to this disease than others, as their brains
are more liable to congestions.  The most  trivial derange-
ment of the  bowels, sudden changes  in the atmosphere, 
ASTHMA OF CHILDREN.
389
teething,  eruptive and other fevers;  in  fact, all diseases
which may befall children, can, under certain circumstances,
take their final and fatal issue  through the dropsy  of the
brain, if timely aid does not prevent such a result.
   Diagnosis. — Whenever  a child becomes  drowsy,  its
head hot, feet cold, with or without nausea  and retching,
and sleeps with eyes half open, be careful and give it  imme-
diately the following remedies :
   Treatment. — Bellad. and Hellebor. (of each twelve glob.
in half a teacupful of water), every hour or two hours a tea-
spoonful, until four teaspoonfuls of each are given, or until
the child becomes  more lively.   If the same drowsiness re-
appears, repeat the same medicine ; if the third time, it ap-
pears, give Opium and Sulphur, in the same manner, and
afterward Belladonna and Hellebor., again as above.
   Diet must be light.  Keep the feet warm, but the head
cold, with  cloths dipped in ice water.
   It is evident, that in  diseases of this  kind, medical aid
should be obtained as soon as possible.

Asthma of Children.  (Choking Fits.  Asthma Millari.)
   If little children seem almost to suffocate, fall  into  a
spasm, and have a bluish face, give Ipecac, one glob, every
ten minutes ; and  when it is characterized more by hard
and tight distention of the stomach and around the short-
ribs, with shortness  of breath,  choking,  anxiety, agitation
and tossing, cries and retraction of the thighs, give  Cham-
omile, one  glob, every twenty or thirty minutes, until better.
   But if an asthmatic attack occurs suddenly  and violently
in the sleep, Avith  dry, dull cough (resembling croup),  the
face and extremities  become purple, spasms  in the hands
and feet (asthma Millari), give Sambucus, every five or ten
minutes one glob,  until better.  Send,  however, for a phy-
sician directly. 
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TREATMENT OF CHILDREN.
  If Sambucus should not relieve within two hours, and no
physician  could be had, give Ipecac, Pulsatilla, Arsenic,
Sulphur,  Cuprum,  Spongia, in  succession,  in  the  same
manner as Sambucus above.           '
  Diet, of the lightest kind.  No meats, but gruels.

              Remittent Fever of Infants.
  Diagnosis. — Languor, irritability, nausea, want  of ap-
petite, thirst, slight heat of the  skin, and restlessness at
night.   This is the beginning of the  disease aboAe named.
Soon, the  symptoms increase ;  fever; constipation, or diar-
rhea of a  mucous, fetid substance, sometimes mixed  with
blood ; heat in the body and head ; extremities cool; tongue
coated, dry, and red on  the margins ; drowsiness, listless-
ness in the day, restlessness at night; hacking cough.
  Treatment.— Ipecac  As the  first remedy, every three
or four hours  one glob., for one day; afterward, Bryonia
and Rhus, alternately, every three hours one glob, for two
days;  then discontinue  the medicine for one  day;  after
which, if  the patient is better, Sulphur may be given  once
or twice, every three hours one glob.; or, if the head suf-
fers the most, give  Belladonna, every three or four  hours
one glob,  for one day ;  or Chamomile, if the fever continues,
with one flushed cheek, the  other is pale ;  irritability ; child
does not know Avhat it wants ;  in the same manner as Bel-
ladonna ;  or give
  Mercury.   If a diarrhea  with tenesmus is  predominant,
and the tongue coated whitish, or
  Nux vomica. When constipation is present, with frequent
but ineffectual desire.
  Lycoptodium.  When the tongue is dry, yet the patient is
not thirsty; very petulent;  does not want to  see any one,
or talk to any one.
  If head symptoms appear, see  " Dropsy of the Brain."
  Diet and Regimen. — Gruels,  toasted bread, soaked in 
VACCINATION.
391
milk  and water ;  no meat or broth; no eggs ;  keep them
comfortably warm, always covered, particularly arms  and
limbs.  If perspiration appears, do not check  it by expo-
sure,  as it  frequently breaks the  disease, and shortens its
course.
   In  convalescence be careful in the diet, as relapses  fre-
quently take place from errors in the diet.  See  what  is
said about it in " Typhus."

                      Vaccination.
   It is in accordance Avith the homoeopathic principle—sim-
ilia similibus, or a remedy Avhich produces a  similar (but
not the same) disease in the healthy — that vaccination can
save from an attack of  small pox, the latter being a similar
(but not the same) disease to the former.  Through vaccin-
ation  the triumphs  of  homoeopathy have been shown  to
the world by innumerable blessings,  in  arresting such  a
loathesome disease as small-pox.
   Vaccination,  if salutary  and truly  protective,  must
not be negligently applied.  The virus, or matter, ought to
be taken  from the coav itself, or from  a healthy child,
whose parents are  healthy too, and in whose  family  skin
diseases or scrofula are not hereditary.
   Persons can be vaccinated  at any time,  from  the  first
hour of their existence to any age after that.* The best age
for vaccination is from six months to one year ;  the  best
time  in the year is May or June, when the least sickness
generally prevails.
   If  a child has  been vaccinated with bad matter,  or
scrofulous symptoms  develope themselves, give Sulphur,
every evening one glob, for eight days.

   * I was obliged, once, to vaccinate a child  only  half an hour  old,
whose mother, at the time, was seriously ill with the varioloid;  the vaccin-
ation took well, without rendering the child  more sick  than common,
saving it successfully from an attack of small-pox. 
392            TREATMENT OF  CHILDREN.
                   Cholera Infantum.
   Diagnosis.—Violent, copious vomiting,  first  of  food,
 afterward of sour liquid ;  diarrhea mostly at the same time ;
 restlessness, child tosses  from one side  of the  bed to the
 other;  nausea; retching  on the least movement, or after
 drinking water, which is soon thrown up again ; head hot;
 extremities cool; thirst great, drinks greedily ; very weak ;
 eyes sunken, and half open ;  eyelids heavy; pulse feeble,
 or none at all.
   This disease occurs, usually,  in the summer, after errors
 in diet  and other Aveakening influences on the stomach.
   Treatment.—In nowise different from cholera morbus in
 adults.
   Ipecac, and Veratrum (twelve glob, dissolved in half a
 teacupful of water), give  every fifteen or thirty minutes a
 teaspoonful, until the severest symptoms have diminished,
 when the intervals ought  to be  lengthened.  If not better
 after two hours, give
   Arsenic  (prepared in the same manner) every half hour
 a  teaspoonful, until better.
   Rhus, in  alternation with  Arsenic, if the child tosses
 about in the bed, in the same  manner.
   If the cholera disappears, but drowsiness ensues, child
 sleeps with eyes half open; head is hot;  feet cold;  treat
 as stated under " Hydrocephalus," page 388.
   Diet and Regimen.—Cold water; gruel;  in convalesence
 great care must be taken in regard to diet.

                   Summer-complaint.
   This  disease is well knoAvn in the large cities,  where it
 creates  a  fearful mortality among children, which are yet
under  allopathic  treatment.    Teething  and   the warm
weather are its prominent causes, which  are sufficient  to 
SUMMER-COMPLAINT.
393
produce  all the subsequent changes, which make up  the
so-called summer-complaint.  In general, careful attention
to diet, bathing in cold or salt water, cool, refreshing  air,
on hills, or mountains, or in the high country, will do much
to prevent or cure  this disease.   But where it has  begun,
give the following medicines :
   Ipecac, for nausea, vomiting of  food and bile ;  fermented
stools, with white flocks, tinged with blood; no appetite;
great thirst.
   Bryonia.   Diarrhea in hot weather ;  great thirst; vomit-
ing after eating ; stools smell  putrid, are white or brownish.
(In alternation with Ipecac.)
   Carbo veg. after Bryonia, if the discharges are very thin
and offensive,  with pain at the time.
   Dulcamara.   Diarrhea in cool weather.
   Antimon. crud.  Nausea ; vomiting; tongue coated; stools
offensive; urinating frequently.
   Tartar, emet.   Nausea: gagging, tongue clean; stools
watery, offensive ;  child is very weak.  (In alternation with
Bryonia.)
   Mercury.  Stools,  with straining  (like dysentery), and
 colic pain, discharges greenish, bloody, slimy.  (In  alterna-
tion with Nux vom.)
    Veratrum, if the disease assumes the character of chol-
 era infantum.   (See this article.)
   Administration.—Every six or eight hours,  four glob.
 Phosphor, acid and China, in alternation, after every evac-
uation two glob., if great weakness  predominates  and the
 stools are frequent, yellowish, watery.  (See " Cholerina.")
   If the child becomes still weaker, and, finally, a thrush,
 white sores  appear in his mouth, give Mercury, every two
 hours four glob., until better, and in a few days afterward,
   Sulphur,  two glob, evening and morning.
   Diet and Regimen.—Arrow-root, farina, fried sweet-pota-
         18* 
394            TREATMENT OF  CHILDREN.
toes, sweet pickled  pork, fried  smoked herring;  if possi-
ble, retire with the child to a place in the country high and
airy, where the child can  be  carried out mornings and
evenings under the shade of the trees — here it will soon
recover. 
PART  SECOND.
  I. ANATOMY AND  PHYSIOLOGY.




 II. HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.




III. MATERIA MEDICA. 
 
   I.  ANATOMY  AND  PHYSIOLOGY.


   Anatomy,  or the art of dissecting as  applied to the
human body, describes the mechanism and structure of the
parts of the human system, while
   Physiology treats of the laws by which the organism is
governed and the various functions in man are performed.
   From the  above is seen  how closely these  two sciences
are related to each other, and that it is almost impossible
to treat of them separately, without great disadvantage.
They will appear, in  this short treatise, interwoven with
each other, as  the  necessity of a clear exposition of their
details may require.
   The study of anatomy and physiology must be, to every
one, interesting, who  wants to know a  little more of the
wonderful creations and provisions of an allwise Providence,
than an outside view of nature around him can give.   But
it is not alone the thirst for increased knowledge which is
satisfied by studying the human system and its laws ; the
latter is often highly beneficial to our physical welfare, and
is  particularly necessary for those who,  from necessity or
philanthrophy, undertake to  minister to  the  sufferings  of
their fellow-beings: and to this category  not merely the
professional physician belongs, into whose hands life  and
health are trusted, but all  men, if possible, should enrich 
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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
their minds with the treasures of a science whose teachings
lighten, to so great an extent, the burden and responsibil-
ity of the healing art; particularly as no one knoAvs whether
he might  not be called upon, under forcing  circumstances,
to practice  medicine to  the  extent  of his knowledge.
Viewed in this light, it becomes the duty of  every  one who
prescribes at all in diseases, to  make himself acquainted
with the human system and the  laws of health, as knowl-
edge only enables him to decide  competently where health
ceases and disease  commences.   For a successful and  sat •
isfactory use of the prescriptions laid down in a domestic
physician, some knowledge of the anatomy and physiology
of the human system is indispensable, and we recommend,
strongly,  a repeated and  careful perusal of  the following
pages.*

           Structure of the Human Organism.
   The human  body consists of fluids and solids, changing
constantly from one into the other; their proportion to each
other varies in different individuals and at different periods
of life.   In youth, the fluids are more abundant  than in
advanced age.   The  liquids contain, as it were, the whole
body in its elementary particles, which, by organical attrac-
tion, are formed into the different solid parts of the system.
These  are composed of  different degrees  of solidity, as
their intention  for use requires it.  The simplest  form of
organized animal substance  is a  membrane, or tissue, com-
posed of fibres interwoven like a net-work ; all organs are
formed by tissues, which are different, and adapted to their
uses.

  * If a  more extended  acquaintance is desired with these necessary
branches of  practical medicine, it can satisfactorily be found in the work
of Calvin Cutter, M. D., on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, which we
followed in its admirable and popular arrangement. 
STRUCTURE OF THE  HUMAN ORGANISM.       399
   The  mucous  membrane lines all the cavities which com-
municate with  the air, as the  mouth, nostrils,  intestinal
canal, lungs, etc., and is  filled with small glands, which
secrete  a viscid fluid,  called mucus, to protect the inner
surfaces of the cavities from the  contact with the air.
   The  serous membrane  lines all the cavities which are
closed,  like a sack, as the  chest,  joints, heart, and lungs, in
which these  organs lie free, yet closely invested.   A serous
fluid is  secreted between the sides of these sacks to keep
them moist and movable.
   The cellular tissue extends throughout the whole system,
and fills up  space wherever it exists, between muscles or
within them, even within the nerves themselves, yet never
adheres to them, to impede their action,  which is accom-
plished by the secretion of a fluid.
   The adipose tissue forms distinct bags or cells, filled with
fat, and is  principally located  in the  skin, abdominal
muscles, and around  the  heart and  kidneys; there  are
none to be found in the brain, ear, and nose.
   The  dermoid membrane forms the outside covering of
the  body, called the skin, and is similar in its structure,
(although harder), to  the mucous membrane, of which it
forms the external continuations.  It  secretes, constantly,
a fluid called perspiration,  if it appears in larger quantities J
it  exists mostly, however,  in an imperceptible  gas, which,
as it were constitutes the atmosphere of the body.
 The fibrous tissue forms a thin, dense, strong membrane, and
is  found where a strong elastic action or protection is needed,
as in the lining of the internal surface of the skull, around
the bones and at the end of the muscles ; here it constitutes
the so-called ligaments and tendons.
   The cartilagenous tissue forms the  ends of the bones,
where they concur in  forming a  joint, and is,  on  that  ac- 
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count, firm, smooth and elastic.   It is the hardest part of
the body except the bone.
  The osseous tissue, which composes the bones, varies in
different periods of life as regards solidity and density.
  The muscular membrane consists of many filaments, which
united, form fibres, each of  Avhich is inclosed in a fine layer
of cellular membrane.   Muscles  are composed of bundles
of these fibres.
  The nervous tissue is composed of soft, pulpy matter,
inclosed in a sheath, each of these, containing one nerve,
is formed  of two distinct substances,  one pulpy and grey
colored, the other fibrous and white.   This  arrangement is
found in the smallest nerve  as well as in the largest.

           Elements of the Human Organism.
   These are: first, inorganic (chemical);  or, second, organic
(elementary products of the system itself.)
   1. The inorganic or chemical elements.  These are :
   a. Metallic substances, as Potash, Soda, Lime, Magnesia,
Alum, Silex, Manganese, Copper, and Iron.
   b. Non-metallic substances, as Oxygen, Hydrogen, Car-
bon, Nitrogen, Phosphor, Sulphur, Prussic Acid,  etc.
   2. The organic elements are: Albumen, Fibrin, Gelatin,
Mucus, and Osmazome.

                Anatomy  of the Bones.
   The  bones, giving strength  and solidity to the system
 and its movements, are so united among themselves, and
adapted to each other, that they admit of the most numer-
ous and various actions.  The  elevations or protuberances
of the bones are called processes, which generally form the
points of  attachment for the muscles and ligaments.  They
are composed of earthy and animal matter; the former
giving  strength, the latter vitality.  At the earliest stage 
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of formation, the bones are cartilaginous, soft, and tender,
and  become hard  and ossified  as  soon as  deposits  of
phosphate  and carbonate  of lime commence,  which are
called points of ossification.
   The periosteum or fibrous membrane, investing the bones,
except where  they  are tipped Avith  cartilage, has minute
nerves, and gives vitality and nutrition to the bone.
   There are tAvo  hundred and eight bones in the human
body, beside the teeth.  They are  divided into four parts :
   First.   The bones of the head.
   Second.  Of the  trunk.
   Third.   Of the  upper extremities.
   Fourth.   Of the lower extremeties.
   1. The bones of  the  head.  They consist of those of the
skull, ear,  and face.
   The bones of the  skull, of which there are eight, consist
of tAvo plates or tablets of bony matter, united by a porous
portion of  bone ; the external  tablet is fibrous  and tough,
the internal, dense,  hard, and glossy.   Thus, the skull is
admirably adapted to resist the penetration of sharp instru-
ments, or diminish any vibration  occasioned  by falls and
blows.
   The skull is convex externally, and at the base much
thicker than at the top or sides ; its bones are, as it were,
sewed  together, united by sutures,  whose rugged edges
interlock with  each other,  producing a union, called,  by
carpenters,  dovetailing.  By this  wonderful arrangement,
the vibrations from  external  injuries are interrupted, and
fractures prevented from extending as far as they otherwise
would, in one  continued bone.
   In early infancy the bones are not  united, leaving inter-
stices  of considerable  extent,  which fill up  slowly  with
bony matter; thus allowing, in the early time of infancy,
sufficient room for the expansion  of the brain, which,  in 
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this time of life, is particularly liable to destructive conges-
tions.  No part of the human system sIioavs the distinctions
in form and features, between  the  different races of man-
kind, more than the skull; and here, too, are located those
guides of phrenology, the bumps of the brain, which show,
by their  position  or relative  eminence, the propensities of
the individual.
  In  each ear are  four  very small bones, which  aid in
hearing.
  In  the face we account fourteen bones,  some of them
serving for the attachment of  those powerful muscles for
masticating food,  others to retain in place the  soft  parts of
the face.   This forms the most interesting part of the human
system, the face,  with its rays  of  intelligence  and  joy, or
its  clouds  of  distress or sorroAv;  besides  the wonderful
play of passional expression in the features  of the face,
which is thus made the dial-plate of the inner man.
  2.  The trunk has fifty-four bones: viz., twenty-four ribs,
tAventy-four bones in the  spinal column (back-bone), four
in the pelvis (forming the hips), the breast-bone (sternum),
and  the bone at the base  of the  tongue  (os hyoides).
They are so arranged as to form, with the soft parts attached
to  them,  two cavities,   called the   thorax  (chest)  and
abdomen.
  The thorax is  formed  by the breast bone  in front, the
ribs at the sides,  and the  tAvelve dorsalbones of the  spinal
column in the back ; this  cavity contains the lungs, heart,
and large bloodvessels ;  its natural form is a cone, with its
point above, yet fashion often inverts  this order boldly,
but never Avithout paying the due  penalty in diminution of
life and  happiness.
  The breast-bone (sternum) consists  of eight  pieces in a
child, which after uniting, form but three parts in adults;
the lower part of  the sternum reaching over into the pit of 
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the stomach, remains  cartilaginous and flexible until old
age, when it is often converted into bone.
   The ribs are connected with the spinal column,  and in-
crease in length as far as the seventh, where they become
shorter.   The seven upper ribs are fastened to the  sternum
by cartilages, to facilitate their motions in breathing; they
are called the true ribs.   The next three are united to each
other  by cartilages not touching the sternum — therefore
called false ribs ; while the latter two, or lowest ribs, are
not connected either  with the  sternum or the other ribs,
therefore, called floating ribs.
   The spinal column  contains  twenty-four pieces of bone,
called vertebrce.   Each of the  vertebrae's has  seven pro-
jections, called processes, four of which, called articulating
processes, join similar ones of the adjacent  vertebrae's  to
form the  column ; two of the remaining processes are called
transverse,  and the other the  spinous process; these last
three  receive the muscles of the back, to allow a firm and
elastic motion to the spinal column in all directions.
    A canal or tube runs through  all the vertebrae's in one
 continuous descent from the round aperture in the skull, to
 contain  the spinal cord (medulla  spinalis), the immediate
 continuation of the small brain.
    Between the vertebrae is a cartilaginous  and highly elas-
tic substance, Avhich facilitates the movements of the spine,
 and  diminishes any shock in walking, running, or leaping,
 which would otherwise hurt the spine or brain.
    The pelvis, or the bones forming the  hip, consists of four
 parts, two of which are called innominata or nameless bones ;
 these, in particular,  form the  hip, having  externally,  at
 each side,  a deep socket like a cup,  for the reception of the
 round head  of  the thigh bone ; internally these bones, in
 conjunction with the sacrum, form a cavity, which contains
 a  great  portion  of the  abdominal organs,  as the blad-
 der,  rectum, sexual  organs,  etc.   The sacrum  belongs 
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 to  the pelvis,  forming its  posterior part;   it is placed
 between the hip-bones,  to Avhich it is bound by ligaments ;
 it is, in reality, the continuation of the Aertebra, and forms
 part of the spinal column, which is terminated, finally, by
 a small appendix called coccyx, which, in infants, consists of
 seven  pieces,  unites, however, in youth, forming one bone,
 which, in females, is more  movable than in  males, for a
 wise purpose.
   3. The bones of the  upper and lower limbs are enlarged
 at each extremity, called projections, to which the  tendons,
 or muscles, and ligaments are attached.  The  bones of the
 extremities are mostly in the form of cylindrical and hol-
 low shafts.
  The  upper  extremities contain sixty-four bones, as the
 shoulder-blade  (scapula),  collar-bone (clavicula), upper
 arm bone (humerus), two bones of the forearm (ulna and
 radius), the  wrist (carpus), the metacarpus  (palm of the
 hand),  and the fingers and thumb (phalanges.)
  The  collar-bone (clavicula) is attached at one end to the
 breast-bone,  at the other to the shoulder-bone : it is shaped
 like the italic /, and its use is to prevent the arms  from
 sliding toward the breast; a  fracture of this bone  requires
 a more complicated  bandage  to keep the broken parts
 together, than any other within the  range of surgery.
  The shoulder-blade (scapula) lies  on the upper and back
 part of  the chest, forming  the shoulder, where the upper
 arm bone  inserts itself in  a deep  (glenoid) cavity, sur-
 rounded by a strong ligament (capsular); the shoulder
blade itself is a thin, flat, and triangular bone,  covering the
back, and remains in its position, or moves in different  di-
rections, by numerous muscles which adhere to its projections.
  The  upper  arm  (humerus) forms  a connection   at
the elbow with the ulna  of the   forearm,  and  at  the
shoulder its round head sinks into the glenoid cavity of the 
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405
scapula, in which it is firmly confined by the capsular liga-
ment, thus forming the most  movable joint in the whole
system.
  The lower or  fore  arm  is composed  of  two  bones,
called ulna and  radius;  the  former articulates with  the
humerus at the elbow, forming a perfect hinge-joint; this
bone is located on the inner side of the fore arm, while the
latter, the radius, lies on the  outside of the fore  arm  (on
the side where the thumb is placed), and articulates with
the bones of the  wrist, and forms the wrist-joint;  the ulna
and radius, at their extremties, articulate with each other,
so that the hand can rotate, permitting its  complicated  and
varied movements.
   The wrist (carpus) consists of eight bones, ranged in two
rows, and firmly bound together, thus allowing only a small
amount of movement.
   The palm of the hand (metacarpus) contains five bones,
four of which are joined Avith the first range of the finger-
bones, and the other with the  first bone of the thumb.
   The fingers  (phalanges) have three ranges of bones,
while the thumb has but two.
   N. B. The mechanism of  the  hand and its wonderful
 adaptation to all the various purposes of life,  is one of the
 many facts for man's superiority over the rest of the animal
 creation, and must excite in  us the deepest  interest  and
 astonishment at the Divine wisdom and power.
   The lower extremities comprise sixty bones,  analagous in
 construction and form to the upper extremities ; the thigh-
 bone (femur) ; the cap of the knee (patella) ;  the shin-bone
 (tibia) ; the small bone of the  leg on the outside of the tibia
 (fibula) ; the instep (tarsus) ; the middle of the foot (met-
 atarsus) ;  and the toes (phalanges.)
   The thigh-bone is the longest and strongest bone in the
 system,  supporting the weight  of  the  whole body.   Its 
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upper part, a large round head, fills a corresponding cavity
in the pelvis and forms the so-called hip-joint, thus admira-
bly fitted, in its mechanism, for its various offices requiring
strength and elasticity.
   The cap of the knee (patella) is a small bone in front of
the knee, connected with  the thigh-bone by a strong  liga-
ment ; it acts like a pully, in the extension of  the limb.
   The shin-bone (tibia) is the largest bone of the lower part
of the leg, of  a triangular shape, and considerably enlarged
at each extremity.
   The small-bone of the leg (fibula) is of a similar shape
with the former, but smaller, and bound firmly to it at each
extremity.  It lies on the outside of  the leg.
   The instep (tarsus) is formed of seven irregularly-shaped
bones, so firmly bound together by ligaments as to allow
of but little movement.
   The palm of the foot (metatarsus) consists of five bones,
corresponding to  the five  toes, with which they articulate
on the front extremity, while on the hinder one, they artic-
ulate with one range of the bones of the instep.
   By this arrangement, an arch is formed, convex above
and concave beloAv, which gives elasticity to the  step,  pre-
venting the jarring of the  whole frame by any  weight
thrown upon the feet, in their various uses.
   The toes (phalanges) are composed of fourteen  bones;
each of the small toes has three, while the great toe has
but two ranges of bones.
   The joints,  which have such important functions  to  per-
form, are composed of the extremities of two or more bones,
lined and surrounded with  cartilages, synovial membranes,
and ligaments.
  The cartilage (gristle) is a smooth, solid,  elastic   sub-
stance, of a pearly whiteness.   It appears as a thin layer,
on the  articular surfaces of the bones—thicker in the   cen- 
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407
ter upon convex surfaces, while  the  opposite arrangement
exists upon concave surfaces.
  The synovial membrane forms  in a thin layer over the
cartilages a closed sack, in the interior  of which a con-
stant secretion of a viscous fluid takes place, to facilitate
the movements of the joints.
  The  ligaments consist of numerous straight  fibres,  ar-
ranged into short bands of various breadths, or so inter-
woven as to form a broad layer, which surrounds the joint,
forming a capsular ligament.   They are white,  glistening,
and  not elastic, and found  mostly exterior to the  synovial
membrane.

               Physiology of the Bones.
   The  bones, by their solidity and form,  retain  every part
of the system in its  proper shape.   They not  only afford
points of attachment for the muscles and  ligaments, to hold
the body together and bring it into motion, but they protect,
in strong, bony cavities, all the  important  organs from ex-
ternal injuries, such as the brain, the eyes, etc.
   The  bones grow and decay, like any other tissue, by
new particles being deposited from out the blood, and old,
useless matter removed, by the  constant action  of  the  ab-
 sorbing vessels.   This has been tested thoroughly.  Some
of the  inferior animals Avere fed with food containing mad-
 der.   After  a feAv  days,  several  of these animals  were
killed,  and their bones exhibited an unusual reddish ap-
pearance.  The rest of the animals were  for a feAv weeks
fed  on  ordinary food, without containing madder, and when
 killed their bones had the  natural color again.
   The  extremities of the bones are mostly the  best suited
to form joints ; for which purpose their texture is more po-
rous, consequently more  elastic, and the external surface
of the  parts joining immediately  each  Other in a joint is 
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covered with a  cushion  of cartilage, to diminish  jarring
and grinding, and to add  to elasticity  more beauty  and
grace.   The contemplation  of each minute particle, its uses
and application in the system, its appropriate location,  etc.,
the thousand wonderful machines which  can be  observed,
acting usefully and quietly  in our systems, reveal more and
more the wisdom and omnipotence of the great  Architect.
Wonder and adoration fills the  heart of the beholder  of
such creations as the human body,  in its detail  and in its
whole, as a complete and noble machine, to run the errands
of the holier part of  man—that of  the soul.
   The bones serve in the animal frame as a proper basis;
the ligaments hold the bones in their proper places firmly,
as if clasped by steel, yet with room to  move.   They sur-
round the joints  like  a hood, or lay from one bone to the
other, in the form of side layers.   By these ligaments, the
lower jaw is bound to the temporal bones, and the  head  to
the neck.   They extend the whole  length of  the spinal
column, in strong bands, on the  outer surface,  as  well  as
within the spinal canal, and from  one  spinous  process to
another.
   The joints are different as regards movement and  com-
plexity  of structure.   Some permit motions in all directions,
as the  shoulder;  some  in two  directions, as the elbow,
allowing flexion and extension; others  in three and  more
directions;  others, again, have no movement at all, as the
bones of the skull, in adults.

                     The Muscles.
   A muscle consists of bundles  of fibres of different size,
each one inclosed in a cellular membranous sheath.  Every
bundle  is composed of small fibres, and each  fibre of nu-
merous filaments, each of  which is enclosed in a delicate
sheath.  At the end of the muscle, the fibrous substance 
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ceases, and the cellular structure predominates, modifying
itself into what is  called  a tendon (cord) by which the
muscle is adhered to the bone.  This union is so firm, that
the bone will sooner break than permit the tendon  to  sep-
arate from its attachment.
   The form of the muscles varies very much, according to
their uses.  It is either longitudinal,  having a tendon  at
each extremity, or  it diverges in the form of  a fan, called
a radiate  muscle.   Others are penniform, converging, like
the plumes of a pen, to one side of a tendon ; or bi-penni-
form, Avhere they thus converge on both sides of a  tendon.
   The color of a muscle is red; each fibre is  supplied with
 arteries, veins,  lymphatics, and nerves, both of sensation
 and motion.
   Where a great many muscles congregate round an organ,
 they are  inclosed in a fascia—a tendinous membrane, which
 assists the muscles in their action, by keeping  up  a  tonic
 pressure  on  their  surface.  Besides,  it protects the  parts
 underneath ; as for instance, in the palms of the hands or feet.
 The separate muscles are also inclosed  in fascias,  and  ar-
 ranged in layers, as their use requires it.  The interstices
 between  the different muscles are filled with fat, which
 gives to the  body roundness and beauty.
    We may arrange the muscles into four parts—those,
    1. Of  the head and neck.
    2. Of  the trunk.
    3. Of  the upper extremities.
    4. Of  the lower extremities.
    As it  is impossible to give an interesting detail  of  the
 muscles of the body, their insertions and names, without
 illustrating them by plates, we content ourselves  with  the
 folloAving general remarks.
    There are more than five hundred muscles in the human
 body, forming around the skeleton two layers, a superficial
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and deep-seated one.   Some muscles  are voluntary, under
the control of the Avill, such as those on the fingers, limbs,
etc.; others are  involuntary, as the heart.   On the  back,
the muscles are  arranged in six layers, one above the other,
for the complicated movements Avhich the  back, neck, the
upper extremities,  and the abdomen require.
   The diaphragm is a muscle which  needs particular ex-
planation.   It is located between the chest and abdomen,
separating them completely ; being penetrated  only by the
pipe leading to the stomach, and by the great blood-vessels,
leading from and to the heart.  It may be compared to  an
inverted basin, its bottom  being  turned upward into the
chest, its edges corresponding to  the  outline of the edges
of the lower ribs and breast-bone.  Thus, the cavity of the
abdomen is enlarged at the expense of that of the  chest.
Respiration, however, changes the natural position of the
diaphragm  constantly, facilitating this process by its own
action.  While inhaling, the diaphragm descends into the
abdomen, enlarging the chest; while  exhaling, the reverse
takes place : thus a constant and  healthful  action is given
to both the respiratory and digestive organs.  In this place,
we should mention the great benefit which  results from
inhaling deep, to  the  full extent of  the lungs,  which  is
greatly facilitated by exercising the abdominal muscles,
causing them to swell out when inhaling, and drawing
them back when in the act of exhaling.  A little exercise
in this way will soon show the  good results in the ease,
and full extent with Avhich the lungs can be filled.
   The action  of the muscles, in  performing their various
functions, can be explained only  by the  supposition of an
inherent contractility,  as  a peculiar  characteristic  of  the
muscular  fibre,  Avhich can shorten its  substance  when a
sufficient stimulus acts on it.   This stimulus is  the nervous
fluid, directed to the muscle by  the  will, if voluntary ac- 
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411
tions shall be performed, or it is supplied by the  necessary
demands of the organism, when the involuntary actions are
wanted, such as the beating of the heart, etc.  The nature
of this nervous influence must be of a galvanic or electrical
kind ; as these agents, when acting on the muscles, produce
similar effects.
  The rapidity with which the muscles move is truly aston-
ishing, as any one can observe, in rapid  speaking, or play-
ing upon instruments.  It is not  always the size  of the
muscle  Avhich  constitutes its  strength ;  but, also, the size
of the nerves which lead to it, and the size and activity of
the brain, Avhich  must supply the nervous fluid  necessary
as  a  stimulus to action.   Yet a  great deal  depends on
training and exercise, as these enlarge both the muscle and
nerve.  The blacksmith, wielding  the hammer daily and
forcibly, will have a  stronger arm than the student, who
merely exercises  his muscles with a pen.  From  this,  it is
evident that the muscles ought to  be educated or trained
for the vigorous and  healthful performance  of their duty.
Strict and systematic rules are given for  this purpose, in an
art called the gymnastic, which, to understand and practice
diligently, we recommend strongly.   It is indispensable for
the young, and not without advantage for the middle-aged,
to spend part of a day in systematic, healthful exercise  of
their muscles.  The benefits are too  great and palpable to
bring them forward here, singly.   Washing in cold  water,
also, invigorates muscular  action.

                      The  Teeth.
   The teeth differ from other bones  in  composition, nutri-
tion, and  growth ; Avhile bones, when fractured, generally
unite, the teeth never do, when broken.   They are divided
into two parts, crown and root; the former, protruding from
the jaw-bone, is covered  by the  highly polished enamel, 
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the root is placed in the  sockets of the jaAV, consisting of
bony  matter,  through Avhich several small  vessels  and
nerves pass, giving nutrition and vitality.   The teeth, Avhen
beginning to groAv, are formed Avithin dental capsules, in-
closed within the  substance of the  bone, appearing as a
fleshy, bud  or granule, from the surface of which exudes
the ivory on the bony part of the tooth.   In  growing, it
rises in the  socket, which is formed simultaneously around
it, passing,  finally, through  the fleshy part of  the  gum.
The first  teeth, called milk-teeth, are twenty in number ;
they are temporary,  and  disappear from  the seventh year
upward; the last, or Avisdom-teeth,  do not appear until a
person is tAventy years of age.
   The four  front teeth are called incisors; the next one on
each side  is the eye-tooth  (cuspid); the next tAvo are bicus-
pids (small  grinders) ; and the next two are grinders (mo-
lars) ; and  the last  one  is  called the wisdom-tooth.   The
incisors, cuspids,  and bicuspids have each but one root.
The molars  of the upper jaAV have three roots, while  those
of the lower jaw have but two.

                   Digestive Organs.
   These  comprise  the mouth and  teeth, salivary glands,
pharynx,  oesophagus (stomach-pipe), stomach,  intestines,
lacteals (milk, or chyle-vessels), thoracic duct, liver  and
pancreas.
   The  mouth is, strictly speaking, no organ of digestion,
but it contains the instruments of mastication and the organs
of taste.  The preparation  of the food  for digestion  com-
mences already in the  mouth, Avhere it is masticated and
mixed with saliva from  the salivary glands, of which there
are  six,  three  on each side  of  the jaw.  Their  names
and positions are :
   The parotid gland lies in front of the external ear, and 
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413
behind the angle of the jaw; its duct opens into the mouth,
opposite the  second molar tooth of the upper jaw; this
gland  is SAvollen  and inflamed Avhen children have  the
mumps.
  The submaxillary gland lies within the lower jaw, ante-
rior to its angle.   Its duct opens into the mouth by the side
of the string or bridle of the tongue (fraenum  linguae), on
each side of  which lies
  The sublingual gland, of an elongated and flattened form ;
it empties its saliva through seven or eight  small ducts into
the mouth by the side of the string of the tongue ;  a  dis-
ease called the " frog" consists in the swelling of this gland.
  The pharynx  or throat is the  continuation of the mouth,
and forms  that  cavity immediately below the  palate where
four passages unite, two coming from the nose and mouth,
the other two going to the stomach and lungs.
  The stomach-pipe (oesophagus)  is  a large membranous
tube, descending behind the Avind-pipe, the  heart and lungs,
through the diaphragm into the stomach; it has tAvo mem-
branes, an  internal, or mucous, and an external, or mus-
cular  coat; the  latter  consists  of two sets of fibres,  one
circular, the other longitudinal.
   The stomach lies on the left side of the abdomen, imme-
diately beloAv the diaphragm, where the stomach-pipe enters
its  upper part, called the cardia ; from this point it enlarges
into a sack, which lies with its larger extent on the  left
side, Avhile its smaller end  contracts gradually toward the
pit of the stomach, Avhere  it  empties  into the intestines ;
this opening in  the  stomach is called the pylorus.   The
stomach has, beside the mucous  and muscular coats, an
outer or serous  coat, Avhich is very tough and strong,  of a
smooth and highly polished appearance, and  confines the
stomach in its proper location.   The  stomach has  a great
number of glands, to secrete the stomach juice. 
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   The intestines, or alimentary canal, are divided into tAvo
parts, the small and large.  The former, commencing at the
stomach, measures about twenty feet, while the large intes-
tine, ending at the  rectum, is  about  five  feet in length.
The latter is divided into three parts, the cozcum (the begin-
ning of the large intestine), Avhich lies near the right upper
hip-bone ; the colon, which, from this point on the right side,
ascends to the region  below  the liver, then  transversely
crosses the upper part of the abdomen,  from below the
liver, to  the lower part of the  stomach  on the  left  side,
Avhere  it bends again, descending to the left hip-bone, and
entering the cavity of the  pelvis, being  called here the
rectum.
   The small intestine, commencing at the stomach and end-
ing  at the cozcum, is  also  divided into three parts; the
duodenum, called so from being  generally twelve  fingers
long, commences at the stomach, ascends obliquely to the
under  surface  of  the liver, then  descends perpendicularly
(Avhere it receives  the ducts from the liver and pancreas),
and passes transversely across the lower portion of the spinal
column behind the colon, terminating in the jejunum, its con-
tinuation ; and this, in its turn, is continued by the  ileum,
which  empties itself into the cozcum at the right hip, after the
small intestines have made numerous windings.  While the
stomach and intestines receive the food  for digestion, and
assimilate it, various other  secretions from the liver, pan-
creas,  etc., enter the alimentary canal to foster this process,
and still other  vessels are ready to absorb  the assimilated
juice and carry it into the circulation of the blood.   Of the
latter are the  lacteals*  or minute A^essels, which commence

  * These  are the class of absorbing vessels, which perform, during an
Asiatic  cholera attack, such fearful and often fatal offices; their action
becoming inverted, permits the lacteal fluid, or the real nourishing juice,
to escape in the intestines, drawing  after it all what is contained in the 
DIGESTIVE ORGANS.                415
on  the mucous  membrane  of the small intestines; from
these they pass betAveen the membranes of the mesentery
to small glands, out of a collection of which larger vessels
run to another range of glands, and so on, through several
ranges of these  glandular  bodies,  until they all  empty
themselves  into  one  large duct,  called  the thoracic duct,
which ascends from the abdomen upward, lying in front of
the spinal column, and passes through  the diaphragm to
the loAver part of the  neck ;  here it makes a sudden turn
doAvnward and forward, emptying itself into a large vein,
which  passes  into the  heart; its diameter  is equal  to  a
goose-quill.
   The liver is a  gland, Avhich lies under the short-ribs of
the right side below the diaphragm,  and is composed of
several lobes; its upper surface  is convex, its lower con-
cave ; it is the largest organ in the system, weighing about
four pounds ; its use is to secrete the bile, a fluid so neces-
sary  for chylification.   The  gall-bladder,  containing  the
surplus  of bile not immediately  necessary for the system,
beinp;, as it were, a reservoir,  lies on the under surface of
the liver, and empties into the gall duct, which carries the
bilious fluid to its destination in the duodenum.
   The pancreas  is a long, flattened gland,  similar  to the
salivary glands on the  neck ; it is about six inches long,
weighs three or four ounces, and lies transversely across the
posterior Avail of  the  abdomen, behind  the stomach ; its
product, a saliva, or pancreatic juice (necessary for  diges-
tion), is carried by a duct into the intestines in the duode-
num,  just opposite Avhere the  gall  duct  opens  into  the
intestines.
   The  spleen (milt), of an  oblong, flattened form,  lies in

thoracic duct, which, after the decomposition of the blood itself has taken
place,  receives the scrum or white blood, and discharges it through the
same absorbent vessels into the intestines. 
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the left side below and touching the diaphragm, stomach,
and pancreas.   It  is a reseiA'oir capable  of containing a
great quantity of blood, ready for the purposes of the liver,
to secrete the bile.   It has itself no outlet or duct, sliOAving
that the  office it has to perform  is more  of an external
nature, as like that, for instance, what the tender has to per-
form to the  engine ;  for this purpose, large vessels commu-
nicate Avith the liver freely.  Further Ave can not explain the
uses of the  spleen.
   The omentum (caul) descending  in four layers of serous
membrane from the  stomach and transverse colon, contain
fatty  matter, deposited around the vessels, which  ramify
through its   structure.  Its functions  are :  to protect the
intestines from cold, and to facilitate their movements.
   The whole digestive  apparatus is supplied Avith arteries,
veins, lymphatics, and nerves ;  the  latter from the ganglion
system.   (See this.)
   One of  the most wonderful processes in the animal econ-
omy is that  of the assimilation of food.
   During its mastication (cheAving) a considerable quantity
of saliva (spittle) is mixed with it,  the object of which  is,
to soften and moisten the  food, preparing it for easy deglu-
tition.  When it reaches the stomach, it is subjected to the
poAverful  action  of  the  so-called  stomach-juice (gastric
juice), which is secreted by the  glands immediately located
in the substance  of  the stomach.   Besides, it is  constantly
in motion by the action  of the muscles of the stomach,
which brings the food into contact with the mucous mem-
brane, and thus becomes  completely saturated with gastric
juice, or dissolved  into a pulpy, homogeneous  mass of a
creamy consistence,  called chyme, Avhich passes, as fast as
it is made,  through the pylorus into the  duodenum.   In
the duodenum, the  bile and pancreatic fluid mix Avith the
chyme, which, by their action, is converted into a whitish 
THE URINARY SYSTEM.              417
 fluid called chyle, and separated from the rejected parts ; at
 this point, the formation of the fcecal matter commences.
  From the above is  seen that the bile has no agency in the
 change through  which  the food passes in the stomach.
 The common belief,  that bile is in the stomach, is errone-
 ous.   If bile is ejected in vomiting, it merely shows not
 only that the action of the stomach is inverted, but also
 that of the duodenum.   Emetics will, generally,  bring bile
 from the most healthy stomach, by inverting  the action of
 the stomach and duodenum ; the expresssion, being bilious,
 having a bilious attack, etc., is generally Avrong, the bile
 having nothing to do Avith these disorders, for Avhich a bet-
 ter expression would be :  the stomach is out of order ; if
 persons, generally, would  know this fact, a great deal of
 wrong and disastrous treatment Avould be avoided, as they
 would not force the stomach  to eject  bile  continually,
 where there is none located.

                 The Urinary System.
   This system, Avhose duty it is to secrete and carry out of
 the system the urine, is  composed of the kidneys, the ure-
 ters, and the bladder, with the urethra attached to it.
   The kidneys, betAveen four and five inches long, and two
 and a half broad, lay in the lumbar region, behind the per-
 itoneum,  on each side  of the  vertebrae.   Their texture is
 dense and fragile, presenting, in its interior, two structures,
 an  external (cortical),  and an internal (medullary)  sub-
 stance.   The  former   contains the  bloodvessels,  which
 carry the blood from which the urine shall be separated;
 the latter  consists  of tubes, called the pyramids of Mal-
pighi,  in Avhich this  process is  carried on.  The secreted
 urine  is  then received in the pelvis  of the kidney,  from
 which it runs into the ureter, the excretory duct of the kid-
 ney, a membranous tube of the size of a goose-quill, about
       19* 
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eighteen inches in length ; this runs down along the poste-
rior  Avail  of the abdomen,  behind the  peritoneum  and
crossed by the spermatic vessels, to the bladder in front, in
which it empties from behind and on the side.
  The bladder is of  an oblong, ovoid shape, situated behind
the os pubis and in  front of the rectum.   It is the reservoir
for the urine, which is carried there by the two ureters from
the kidneys.  It is retained in its position by eleven ligaments,
supporting it  on  all sides.   The  bladder is composed of
three coats, an external, or serous, a muscular, and a mu-
cous, or internal coat.
  The urethra is  the membranous canal issuing from the
neck of the bladder.   It is curved in its course, composed
of tAvo  layers,  a  mucous  and  an elastic  fibrous  coat.
Through it passes the urine out of the body.

      The Respiratory and  Circulatory  Organs.
  These organs  are  closely  connected Avith each  other.
All the blood must  pass through the lungs, to receive there
new life and  energy, by being  exposed to the oxygen of
the air.  For this and other reasons, we will  treat of these
organs here in connection.
  After the  nutrient portion of the food (the chyle—see
page 417)  is  discharged by the  thoracic duct into  the left
subclavian vein, at  the lower part of the neck,  it is carried
to the right cavity of the heart, where it mixes  Avith a large
quantity of  venous  blood.   This mixture of  fluid, as such,
would not be suitable to restore the lost powers of the body,
unless  subjected to  a  process, by which the  chyle  is  con-
verted into blood,  and the venous  blood freed of its car-
bonic acid and Avater.
  The respiratory organs consist of the  windpipe (trachea),
the  bronchia  (continuations  of the trachea),  and the air-
cells (the extreme points of the bronchia.)  The lungs are 
RESPIRATORY AND CIRCULATORY ORGANS.      419
composed of  innumerable ramifications of the bronchial
tubes, ending  in  air-cells, lymphatic vessels, and the pul-
monary arteries and  veins; their connections  by cellular
tissue, forms the parenchyme of the lungs, or its substance.
The lungs are divided into two large  parts—the left  and
right, each one of Avhich is inclosed in a serous sack, called
the pleura.  Between the right and left lung, more to the
left side, lies the  heart, separated from  either by a serous
membrane around it.
   The trachea proceeds from the  larynx, descending to the
pit of the  neck,  Avhere it divides into tAvo parts, assuming
the name of
   Bronchia; which descends,  in numerous ramifications,
into the lungs, and forms altogether a surface of twenty
thousand square inches, or about thirty  times the surface of
the human body.
   The air-cells are small bronchial tubes, and form  the
ends of these ramifications, retaining  the air, when  once
inflated, except pressed out by force.
   The trachea, bronchia, and air-cells nre lined  with the
mucous membrane, and  supplied with  arteries, veins, and
nerves.
   The object of respiration is to free the system of carbon
and hydrogen, which  accumulate in the system, and Avould
make an end to its existence, if not removed.   For its re-
moval, an  allwise  Providence  used the  inhaling  of air;
Avhich contains oxygen, in sufficient quantity to form a com-
bination Avith the carbon and hydrogen, which then is ex-
haled,  in the  form of carbonic acid and  water.   In  this
process, another Avonderful provision was contained, which
oives life and motion to the whole system.   It  is  the  gen-
eration of heat, which is the principal  cause of the circu-
lation of the blood.  Before the birth of a child, the genera-
tion of  heat in its body, and the exchange  of  rejected 
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particles takes place, through the medium of the placenta,
adhering to the mother.   But after the birth, that  heat is
generated in the lungs, and respiration and  circulation of
the blood  are then  united  closely—the former being sole
cause and motor of  the latter.   For  the  heat which is
generated in the lungs (by a kind of combustion caused by
a union of the oxygen of the inhaled air with the carbon
and hydrogen of the blood) infuses itself into the blood at
the finest air-cells, sufficiently to drive it through the  heart
and the arteries, until it reaches the capillary vessels where
the venous system commences.  Here, again, on the con-
fines  of the body,  the higher temperature  of the lungs,
draws to these the cooler venous blood.   In both cases, the
heart, by  its  regular vibrations, acts as  a balance-wheel;
the left heart in giving renewed vigor and regularity to the
rushing of the arterial  blood into  the  whole system ; the
rio-ht heart acting in the same manner on the venous  blood
as it rushes into the lungs.   The idea heretofore entertained
by physiologists,  as if the heart alone by the impulse of its
contractions was able to propel the blood through the arte-
ries,  and have also an effect on the venous blood in return-
ing to the  heart, is beginning to be regarded as very doubt-
ful and altogether improbable; in its stead,  the  above ex-
planation of the motion of the blood by the  heat generated
in the lungs seems to be much more rational, and, after our
opinion, the only true one which can be presented.*
   The circulatory organs are the  heart, arteries, veins, and
capillaries.
   The  heart  placed obliquely, in the left  cavity  of the
 chest, has the form  of  an inverted cone, the base of which
lies  upward  and  backward  in the direction of the right
 shoulder, and its apex points forward to the  left side, about
three inches,  to a space between  the fifth and  sixth  ribs;
See the work of Mrs. Willard on this interesting subject. 
RESPIRATORY AND CIRCULATORY ORGANS.       421
beloAv, it rests  on the tendinous  part of the  diaphragm.
The sack, by which the heart is surrounded, is called peri-
cardium, the interior surface of which secretes  a watery
fluid that lubricates the exterior of the heart.   The dropsy
of the heart has its seat in this place.
   The heart itself is a  muscle,  whose fibres run in different
directions, but mostly in  a  spiral  direction.  It is divided
into tAvo distinct compartments—the  right aud left ventricle.
Before the birth, these ventricles  are united by an opening,
permitting  the  venous and arterial  blood  to  mix at this
place.  After the birth, this opening closes  and obliterates
entirely, preventing the venous blood of the right ventricle
from passing directly into the  left.  If this opening, by a
fault of  nature, remains unclosed, a  disease ensues, called
the blue disease, because  the child looks bluish, on account
 of the venous blood of the right  heart entering  the  circu-
 lation of the arterial blood of  the left ventricle.   All ves-
 sels leading from the heart are called arteries; those  lead-
 ing to the heart, veins.   The right heart sends  a pulmonary
 artery, filled Avith venous blood, to the lungs, and the left
 heart receives pulmonary veins, filled  Avith arterial blood,
 from the lungs ; in this case only, such an exception exists.
 Otherwise,  all  arteries in   the body carry red or arterial
 blood, and all veins  dark or venous blood.
    The venous blood, together Avith  the  chyle, is propelled
 through the pulmonary arteries, by  the right  heart, into
 the lungs.   Here it  receives the oxygen of the air, is con-
 verted into red blood,  and carried by the pulmonary veins
 into the left heart, which sends it through the  great artery,
 called aorta, in innumerable divisions, into all the parts  of
 the body.   In this  Avay,  two systems of circulation are
 formed—one called  the lesser or pulmonic circulation, where
 the blood rushes from the  right heart, through  the  lungs,
 and returns, changed into  red  blood, to the left;  the other, 
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called the greater, or systemic circulation, Avhere the blood
rushes through all parts, and to the  very  confines of the
body; and returns, changed into  dark blood, to the  right
heart.   This double circulation be illustrated easily by the
figure 8, the centre of Avhich is the place Avhere the heart
is located.
  The arteries, which convey the blood from the heart to
every  part  of  the system, are composed of three coats.
The external or cellular coat, is firm and strong;  the  mid-
dle or fibrous, is elastic and fragile ;  the internal is  a  thin,
serous membrane, Avhich  gives the artery inside a  smooth
polish.   Communications between  arteries are numerous.
  The veins, Avhich return the blood to the heart, are thin-
ner, and more delicate in structure  than the arteries.   They
are composed, like these, of the same three coats, but each
one is more  delicate and fine.
  The capillaries form an extremely fine net-work  of ves-
sels, betAveen the ends of the arterial  and the beginning of
the  venous  system.   Through  these, all  the blood  must
pass ; and in this point, the capillary  system resembles the
fine  ramifications in the parenchyme of the lungs, where
the blood passes through infinitely small vessels.
  The pulse is caused by the pressure of  the blood  against
the coats of the arteries.  In infants, it  beats  in a minute
more than a hundred times ; in adults, about seventy times ;
in old persons, less than that—sometimes only sixty times.
  The quantity of blood in a healthy  individual varies very
much; fat persons have generally less.    On an average,
a healthy adult has from twenty-five to thirty pounds.
  The lymphatics are the vessels by  which the process  of
absorption is carried on,  to remove particles of useless  or
injurious matter from the system.   They are extremely
minute at their origin, and exist in great  numbers in the
skin, mucous membranes, and lungs.   As  they increase  in 
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
423
size, they diminish in numbers.  At  certain points, they
pass through soft bodies, called lymphatic glands, which are
mostly located in the groins, arm-pits,  on the neck, in the
chest,  and the  abdomen.   Sometimes these  glands swell
producing lumps knoAvn as kernels, etc.
   The lacteals, are vessels  similar to  the former, but de-
signed to absorb the chyle from  the small intestines, where
they are located in  great numbers.   They  transfer their
contents to the thoracic duct, and this  conveys the chyle to
the subclavian vein, at the lower part of the  neck.

                 The Nervous System.
   This system,  by which life and  sensation  is imparted to
the Avhole body, consists of tAvo distinct parts—the brain,
with its spinal appendix, together with all the nerves, lead-
ing from these  great nervous centers to all parts  of the
body, and the Ganglion system  of  nerves, called, also, the
sympathetic nerve, located on each side  of the  spinal col-
umn, but having its principal plexuses  around the  abdom-
inal organs.   The constant influence which these two great
systems have on each other, constitutes and  sustains, very
likely, the life  of the organism, in all its functions.  We
may consider them as acting, in  this respect, as the poles
of a galvanic battery.  To explain their workings in detail,
or the  moving cause of their actions, must remain impossi-
ble ; as no mortal eye can scrutinize the creatiAre measures
of the Almighty.
   We give here a short anatomical synopsis of these most
interesting parts of the body;  requesting our  readers, at
the same time,  to peruse larger works on this subject, if
their time and inclination  will permit.
   The brain is located Avithin the  skull-bones (cranium),
and is divided  into  two  hemispheres—the right and left.
This is the case  in the upper part  of the  brain, below the 
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ANATOMY AND  PHYSIOLOGY.
 two hemispheres are connected by a  dense layer  of trans-
 verse fibres, called the corpus callosum.   In the interior of
 the brain, there are several  cavities, iavo  of Avhich are of
 considerable size, called the  lateral ventricles.   These  are
 the spots  where the Avater collects,  in that disease, called
 "Dropsy of the Brain."
   The substance of the brain is of a  pulpy character, quite
 soft in infancy and childhood; it  gradually becomes more
 consistent in advanced years.
   It is divided into three  parts—the  large  brain (cere-
 brum), the small brain (cerebellum), and the medulla  ob-
 longata, or that part of the  spinal cord  Avhich lies within
 the  skull.
   These three parts of the brain Avithin  the  skull are  in-
 vested and protected by the three membranes of the brain :
 the dura mater, a firm and fibrous membrane, next to  the
 skull; the arachnoid, a serous  membrane, which  envelops
 the brain and spine, aud is like the serous membrane of  the
 heart and lungs—a closed sack ; this is  the middle mem-
 brane of the three ;  the pia mater, a vascular membrane,
 composed of innumerable vessels,  held together by cellular
 tissue; this is the nutrient membrane of the brain.
   From the brain issue the cranial nerves, in twelve pairs, to
 supply the organs of sense and motion with life and vitality.
 They are arranged, as regards local origin as follows:  1. The
 olfactory;   2.  The   optic;  3.  The  motores oculorum;
 4. The patheticus ; 5. The tri-facial; 6. The abducentes ;
 7. The portio dura;  8. The facial; 9. The glosso-pharyn-
 gial; 10.  The  pneumogastric ; 11. The spinal accessory;
 12. The hypo-glossal.
   The spinal cord, its  membranes, and the roots of  the
spinal nerves, are contained within the spinal column.  The
cord is  the continuation of the brain, or  its loAvest part,
the medulla oblongata, and is divided in  two lateral  cords 
THE SKIN.
425
by an  anterior and posterior  fissure.  Each of the  lateral
cords is divided by furrows into three distinct sets of fibres,
called  the anterior, lateral and posterior columns ; the pos-
terior are the  columns of sensation; the anterior, those of
motion,  and  the  lateral are  divided into  their functions
between motion and sensation.
  From these divisions issue  the  spinal nerves, thirty-one
pairs in number, each one from tAvo roots, an anterior and
posterior, combining the functions of motion and sensation.
After the tAvo roots have united, which constitute the spinal
nerve, it passes through the opening between the vertebrae
on the sides of the spinal column, and distributes itself to
its respective organs in innumerable ramifications.
  The spinal nerves are divided from the head  downAvard,
into eight cervical pairs, twelve dorsal, five lumbar, and six
sacral pairs.
  The ganglion system, or sympathetic nerve, consists of a
series of knots or ganglia, lying on each side of the spinal
column,  united Avith each other by nervous threads.   It
connects itself with the  brain  and spinal  nerves.   Each
ganglion or knot  may be considered  as  a distinct  center,
from which branches issue in four directions, some for com-
munication Avith other ganglia, some for distribution.  The
latter accompany the arteries to the  different  organs, and
form a net-work around them, called plexuses, and named
after the artery which they  accompany ;  for instance, the
mesenteric plexus, hepatic plexus, etc.  In this Avay all the
internal organs of the head  and trunk  receive branches
from the sympathetic nerve, Avhich, therefore, is considered
a nerve of  organic life.

                        The  Skin.
  The skin coA-ers the  exterior of the body, and appears,
to the  naked eye,  as composed of one membrane only.  By 
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closer examination, however, it is  found to consist of two
distinct layers of membrane, the upper or scarf-skin (epid-
ermis), and the real  skin (cutis  vera), Avhich lies under-
neath the former.
  The upper-skin  (epidermis)  is  thin, semi-transparent,
like a fine shaving of horn ;  it has no nerves  or bloodves-
sels, and is without sensation.  The hair and the nails are
of the same nature.
  The real skin (cutis vera or corion) consists of minute
fibres, interwoven with each  other to a firm, strong and
flexible Aveb.  This manner of composition permits  innu-
merable  interstices or pores, which are finer  or  closer on
the superficial  part of the  skin than on its loAver surface.
The upper surface  of the skin contains  blood-vessels and
nerves, looks, therefore, more red or pinkish,  and is  sensi-
tive ; while the  loAver strata of the skin connects Avith the
fibrous Aveb, in which the sub-cutaneous fat of the body is
deposited.
  It is in the skin, principally, that the finest  ramifications
of the arteries, and the commencement of the finest  veins,
with  the intermediate  microscopic capillary vessels  are
found.  One of  the greatest changes in the economy  of the
system takes place in the skin — the change of the arterial
into veinous blood; just the opposite from what  occurs in
the lungs, where the blood changes from veinous to arterial.
In both instances the  blood  is carried through  infinitely fine
and  small  vessels, Avhere it loses its former identity, even
all  color, resuming a different one, as it reappears and is
collected in different vessels.
  Besides, the skin is supplied Avith nerves in  all directions,
wherever there  are bloodvessels ; also lymphatics in great
numbers.  The  oil-glands  are contained in some parts of
the true skin, in great abundance, as on the face and nose,
the head, etc.; they communicate with the surface  of the 
THE SKIN.
427
skin through small tubes, which penetrate the skin, some
in spiral Avindings, others in a straight line.  These  glands
deserve our particular notice, as their usefulness is so great,
that neglect in cultivating their healthy action is felt very
severely.   They appear in great distinction on the eye-lids,
where their disease causes the so-called styes ; they produce
in the ear-passages the so-called earwax: they impart oil
to the hair by infusing it into the sheath of each hair.
  In some persons these oil-glands  can not discharge their
contents on the surface of the skin,  on account of some
diseased state, when it becomes dry and dense,  appearing
in round, dark spots, particularly on the forehead and nose ;
this disease is popularly called a "worm or maggot."
  The perspiratory glands are oval shaped or globular balls,
laying in the deeper meshes of the real skin, from whence
they communicate with the surface  through minute cylin-
drical tubes,  called the "pores."   The quantity of these
pores is truly astonishing ;  they average about twenty-eight
hundred in the square inch of  surface ; and if an ordinary
sized man  has twenty-five hundred square inches of surface,
the whole  number of pores in the  skin amounts to seven
million. How important must be, therefore, the  culture of
the skin, as an organ for secretion and exhalation. 
II.   HYGIENE  AND  HYDROPATHY.
                       Hygiene.

  Hygiene comprises the knowledge of instituting  such a
mode of living  as  is best calculated  to preserve  health.
The clearer this knowledge is, and the  closer we follow the
rules of health, the surer the prevention of diseases will
be.  It is certain, beyond doubt, that less misery, disease,
and death Avould mar the happiness of  this fair world, if
its inhabitants would live more in accordance with the laws
of nature, and less  after their own often mistaken  notions
and passions.
  Reform,  in this  respect, has  already  commenced; and,
with a more rational method  of healing, and the applica-
tion of a more efficient  and  salutary tonic  agent (the wa-
ter), invalid and enfeebled mankind can  look forward to a
happier, because a healthier future.
  In the following  pages, we  will notice briefly the most
important subjects affecting the physical well-being of  an
individual.   These  are : food and drink, sleep, air  and  ex-
ercise, clothing, occupation.
  In all our wishes  and necessities of physical and  mental
things, Ave must never forget two important  principles :
first, whether they are really beneficial or useful, and if  so,
that we use them in moderation. 
FOOD  AND  DRINK.
429
                   1. Food and  Drink.
  The waste of bodily strength  must be supplied by suita-
ble food and drink.  This is  the greatest  necessity of na-
ture ; and if errors are  committed  in this respect, our in-
jured  system  must  suffer the  bad consequences.  It is,
therefore, of the  utmost importance to pay particular re-
gard to the selection of our daily food and drink,  in order
to escape disease, and often premature death.
   Suitable food  must  have  iavo paramount  qualities:  it
must be nutritious and digestible.  Not all nutritious food is
digestible, and vice versa; for  instance, fat meat  is  more
nutritious than lean meat, yet  it is very  indigestible, and
requires the strongest  stomach, and unimpaired action  of
the  bile, to be digested at all.   A great many experiments
have been made, to test  the relative digestibility of food,
and from these, and the experiments on the sick bed, val-
uable knoAvledge in regard to the choice of  food has been
collected.  According to  these investigations,  boiled rice is
the most digestible, and  roasted pork, fat and lean, the
most indigestible substance.
   In order to give the  reader a more comprehensive  view
 of the relative  digestibility of food, we  insert Dr. Beau-
 mont's  results,  as  related  in  Dr. Tarbell's  " Sources of
 Health."

 Rice...............
 Pig's Feet, soused...
 Tripe,  soused.......
 Eggs, whipped.....,
 Trout, Salmon, fresh

 Apples, sweet......
 Venison steak......
 Brains...........
                         Hours Min
.Boiled........Digested in.......1
.   «   ........................1
   «   ........................1
.Raw..........................1  30
.Boiled.........................1  30
.Fried.........................1  30
.Raw..........................1  30
.Broiled........................1  35
.Boiled.........................1  45 
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                                                              H. M.
Sago......................Boiled........Digested in........1  45
Tapioca....................   "    ........................2
Barley....................   "    ....................... 2
Milk.".....................   "    ........................2
Liver, beef's, fresh...........Broiled........................2
Eggs, fresh.................Raw..........................2
Codfish, cured,  dry..........Boiled.........................2
Apples, sour................Raw..........................2
Cabbage, with vinegar........   "   .........................2
Milk......................  "    .........................2  15
Eggs, fresh.................Roasted.......................2  15
Turkey, wild...............   "    ........................2  18
Turkey, domestic............Boiled.........................2  25
           "    ............Roasted........................2  30
Gelatine....................Boiled.........................2  30
Goose......................Roasted........................2  30
Pig, sucking................    "   ........................2  30
Lamb, fresh................Broiled........................2  30
Beans, pod.................Boiled.........................2  30
Cake, sponge...............Baked.........................2  30
Parsnips....................Boiled.........................2  30
Potatoes, Irish...............Roasted........................2  30
          "   ..............Baked.........................2  30
Cabbage, head...............Raw..........................2  30
Spinal Marrow..............Boiled.........................2  40
Chicken....................Fricassee.......................2  45
Custard....................Baked.........................2  45
Beef.......................Boiled.........................2  45
Oysters....................Raw..........................2  55
Eggs......................Soft Boiled.....................3
Beef, fresh,  lean, rare........Roasted.......,................3
Beef-steak..................Broiled........................3
Pork, salted................Raw..........................3
        "   ................Stewed........................3
Mutton, fresh...............Broiled........................3
          "   ...............Boiled.........................3
Chicken Soup...............   "  .........................3
Dumpling, apple............   "  .........................3
Oysters....................Roasted........................3  15
Pork-steak.................Broiled........................3  15 
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                                                         H.  M.
Pork, salted................Broiled........Digested in.......3  15
Mutton....................Roasted........................3  15
Bread, corn.................Baked.........................3  15
Carrot.....................Boiled.........................3  15
Sausage....................Broiled........................3  20
Flounder...................Fried.........................3  30
Oysters....................Stewed........................3  30
Beef.......................Boiled.........................3  30
Butter.....................Melted........................3  30
Cheese,  old.................Raw..........................3  30
Bread, wheaten, fresh........Baked.........................3  30
Turnips...................Boiled........................,3  30
Potatoes, Irish..............  ".........................3  30
Eggs.......................Hard boiled.................... 3  30
 "   ......................Fried.........................3  30
Green Corn and Beans........Boiled.........................3  45
Beets.....................  "   .........................3  45
Salmon, salted..............  "   .........................4
Beef......................Fried.........................4
Veal..............'.........Broiled........................4
Fowls, domestic.............Boiled.........................4
  "       "............Roasted........................4
Ducks, domestic.............  "........................4
Heart, animal....,..........Fried..........................4
Beef, old, salted.............Boiled.........................4  15
Pork, salted................Fried..........................4  15
        "................Boiled.........................4  30
Veal.......................Fried.........................4  30
Ducks, wild................Roasted........................4  30
Suet mutton................Boiled.........................4  30
Cabbage, with vinegar........  "   ........................4  30
Suet, beef..................  "   ........................5   3
Pork, fat and lean...........Roasted........................5  15

   The above table is very explicit as regards  the digesti-
bility of certain substances, and we can ask its particulars
with confidence, whenever we wish to decide this  point in
the choice of food ; but, in relation to its  nutritious  quali-
ties,  whether highly  nutritious or less nutritious food is 
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necessary, we must follow the researches of Prof. Liebig,
who first explained satisfactorily the  connection of  diges-
tion and respiration.   He shoAved that the lungs receive a
greater quantity of oxygen in cold than  in  Avarm  climates
and seasons.   A corresponding  amount  of  carbon,  Avhich
is contained in the food, is necessary, to mix  with the  blood,
and unite in the lungs with this oxygen, to produce such a
degree of  animal heat, as  is  required by the external cir-
cumstances of  the individual.   The  colder the  climate,
therefore,  the more carbon (or food containing  carbon) is
necessary, to produce animal heat;  the Avarmer  the  season
or climate, the less of it is necessary.  For  this reason, is
fish-oil the staff of life for  the  Greenlander;  because it
contains the greatest amount of carbon or nourishment, for
producing a preat quantity of animal heat, which he needs
in those regions ;  Avhile persons under the equator live prin-
cipally upon watery, vegetable productions, affording  hardly
any nutriment;  having  no need of a great  deal of  animal
heat;  as  nature supplies this  by  the hot  climate  itself.
Animal food, in general, is more  nutritious than vegetable ;
but the structure of our digestive organs, from  the teeth to
the lowest part of the  intestines, shows conclusively that
man was destined to partake of both kinds,  animal  as well
as vegetable.   The latter must preponderate, however, on
account of the reasons  above given, in warm seasons and
climates, Avhile the animal food  takes precedence in  cold
regions and seasons:  in the highest latitudes, even  to the
exclusion of all vegetable  diet.   In temperate regions, a
judicious  combination of both kinds  of food is necessary
to sustain life harmoniously.
  The digestibility of food varies according to individual
strength and  habit.  Pork may be completely indigestible
to the  invalid and student, although it  is highly nutritious, 
DIGESTIBILITY OF  FOOD.
433
while it is  perfectly digestible for the  wood-cutter and
hunter in wild regions.
  Animal food contains, principally, febrine, albumen, gela-
tine, oil and caseine, and osmazome.
  Febrine is digestible and nutritious.
  Albumen is nutritious, but only digestible in its natural
or not coagulated state,  as the white of eggs, which becomes
indigestible when hardened too much by heat.
   Gelatine, the substance Avhich forms  the so-called jelly,
is nutritious and readily digested ;  but its digestibility is fre-
quently  impeded  by improper ingredients mixed with it,
particularly in the form of acids.
  Oil is nutritious, but indigestible ;  it requires the action
of bile  in the intestines to assimilate it properly.
   Caseine is less nutritious and digestible than any of the
former  substances.   It  is contained mostly in the cheesy
part of the milk.
   Osmazome is that substance  which imparts flavor to the
meat and the soups.  Its presence shows the nutritious and
digestible quality of the meat.
  According to  the predominance of  one of the  above
named substances, animal food has been divided  into three
classes  :
  1.  Fibrine class;  comprising mutton,  beef, pork, ducks,
geese, and venison.
  2.  Gelatinous  class; to  which  belong  veal,  lamb,
young poultry, and most kinds of fish.
  3.  Albuminous  class;  containing  oysters,  eggs,  brain
and liver, the sweet-bread in calves.
  The digestibility of meat varies according to the mixture
of  oil,  or  osmazome;  for  instance,  ducks  and  geese,
although belonging to the fibrine or best  digestible class,
are more indigestible than beef; because they  are of an
oileaginous nature.
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434            HYGIENE AND  HYDROPATHY.
  Mutton and beef are the most nutritious and digestible of
all meats.   The former is rather better for invalids—dys-
peptics in particular.   Venison, also, is very nutritious and
digestible.
  Pork is indigestible, although  very nutritious;  because
it is united to so much oily or  fat substance.  Besides, its
continual  use  causes  diseases  of the  skin and  lymphatic
system.
   Veal and lamb belong to the gelatinous class ; very nu-
tritious, but not so  easily digested,  because they are not
sufficiently matured or ripened, as it were.
  Poultry differs,  also, according  to its age ;  the  young
containing more  gelatine, and requiring, in consequence,
not so much roasting or baking ; the older ones  containing
more fibrine, and requiring, therefore, more cooking and
roasting.
  Among the fowls, there are  none  more suitable for inva-
lids than the wild fowls, such as partridges, pheasants, etc.
  Eggs and oysters are very  nutritious, and very digestible,
in their natural state; but to harden their albumen, by cook-
ing or stewing too much, renders them very objectionable
for the sick.  Clams are not so digestible.
  Fish, in general, differ as regards  their digestibility, in
the same  proportion as they  contain more oily substance or
not.   Marine  fish generally contain  more  oil than fresh
water fish.  Fish without scales contain more oil, and are,
therefore  more indigestible, than other fish.
  Vegetable food contains, principally, starch, (fecula) glu-
ten, mucilage, oil, and sugar.
  Starch is a very nutritious substance, and its  predomin-
ant quantity in the grains, potatoes and other roots, renders
them  desirable aliments;  it abounds in arrow-root, sago,
tapioca, farina.
  Gluten  is that substance  in wheat, which enables it  to 
DIGESTIBILITY OF  FOOD.
435
form a tenacious paste by the mixture of flour with water;
it is similar to the animal fibrine.
  Mucilage, or gum, is a very nutritious substance, as, for
instance, gum-arabic, less digestible, however, than starch
or sugar.
   Sugar is one of the most nutritive and digestible sub-
stances in nature ;  it forms, with the starch, the great bulk
of vegetable consumption.
   Oil,  in the vegetable, is as indigestible  but nutritious a
substance as that of the animal, and must be used in not
too large a quantity.
   Rice  is the  most  digestible and nutritious vegetable
wholesome, for healthy and debilitated persons.
   The  potato ranks next, if roasted or baked, while it  is
less  digestible when  boiled;  the  sweet-potato  is  more
nutritious than the common potato, but less digestible.
   Arrow-root, sago, tapioca, farina, are both  digestible and
nutritious.
   Beets contain a good deal of sugar, and are, on that
 account, very nutritious ; but, as the fibrous  part  of the
 beet is entirely indigestible, invalids must abstain from its
 use.
   Onion,  cabbage, asparagus, and tomato contain but very
 little nutriment, and must not be  indulged  in by persons
 havino-, or being disposed to the diseases of  the abdomen.
   Fruits in general are refreshing and wholesome, but not
 very nutritious.  This  latter quality makes  them very de-
 sirable in diseases, where a nutritious diet otherwise would
 be  detrimental.   In the convalescence from  fevers, apples,
 baked or roasted, dried prunes stewed, etc.,  form  a refresh-
 ing  and grateful diet for the recovering patient;   in the
 green  state, fruit produces flatulency, and must be avoided
 by  patients, although  a moderate  use of ripe fruit, for a 
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well person, is very good, except in seasons where bowel-
complaints predominate.
  In order to enable the reader to distinguish  between the
vegetables as regards their nutritious quality, we  subjoin
here a  list  of some of  those most  in use, as related  in
Dr. Tarbell's Sources of Health :

  100 lbs. Lentils   -  -  contain
   "  «•'  French Beans  -  -  -
   *'  "  Rice......
      "  Kidney Beans  -   -  -
   "  "  Wheat.....
   "  "  Barley.....
   "  "  Good Bread  -  -  -  -
   "  "  Rye   ......
   "  "  Meat (average)  -  -  -
   "  "  Potatoes  ---..
   "  "  Carrots.....
   "  "  Beets.....-
   "  "  Turnips.....
   "  •'  Cabbage.....
   "  "  Greens.....

   Water is  the only liquid which  nature has furnished in
abundance for drink ;  without it, all living beings  and or-
ganized forms would  perish.   Hoav important it is, there-
fore, to procure an article, so indispensable and necessary,
in as pure a state as possible.   The best water for drink  is,
without doubt, rain water, as it is  free  from  admixtures of
earthy substances ; yet, even rain water frequently becomes
impure  by falling through an impure  atmosphere, particu-
larly that hanging over large towns, or by running on roofs of
houses, through unclean spouts before it reaches the cistern.
   Equal to rain water in purity and taste  is the Avater pro-
cured  by the melting of snow and ice,  if the  latter has
been formed in clean ponds or rivers.
94 parts of nourishment.
92
90
89
85
83
80
80
35
25
14
14
 8
 7
 6 
DIGESTIBILITY OF  FOOD.
437
  But where  rain water  can not be obtained in sufficient
quantity or purity, it is generally taken from the rivers and
lakes, which furnish a better Avater than wells.  The latter
contains more  or less lime, salts,  or other earthy impurities,
which render it neither palatable nor healthy.
  Water, coming from marshy regions, is entirely unfit for
drinking ; at least, not until, by boiling, the inherent organic
matter is destroyed.
  A healthy person ought to habituate  himself to  a free
use  of cold water.  Besides  using it  externally in  baths,
he should drink morning, noon, and evening, with his meals,
a sufficient quantity to dilute the food.  But the water he
drinks must be cold, as it is this latter quality Avhich offers
to the stomach a  natural and strengthening stimulus  for
dio-estion; in summer, and in southern latitudes, ice is ne-
cessary to render the  water fit for hygienic purposes.  If a
person is once used to drink  plenty of cold or ice water at
or after his meals,  he does seldom suffer from  indigestion,
and  needs  not the use  of  stimulating drinks; and every
one can  easily habituate  himself to this  practice.   It is a
wrong idea, which seems yet to prevail to a great extent,
that it is unwholesome to drink Avater at the meals ; but
 experience has  the  advantage, and one  can  soon test
 the matter for himself.   The  trial must only be continued
 for some time, in order to allow the system to accommodate
 itself to  the  new habit.   Health  and good  spirits will  be
 the consequence of such  a change in a person's living.
   It is also very proper to  drink a tumbler of fresh water
 Avhen retiring in the  evening, or on rising in the morning.
 In doing this, the want of other drinks or beverages  of a
 stimulating  nature, such as coffee, or tea, is not  felt  so
 much, and can be  dispensed with easier by degrees.
    Coffee, especially, is one of those enticing palatable bev-
 erages which has  laid the  majority of the civilized world 
438            HYGIENE  AND HYDROPATHY.

under contribution;  it is, to a certain  extent, nutritious,
and made more so by the addition of  cream and sugar;
but the greatest part of its contents is medicinal,  and, con-
sequently, not  fit for daily consumption, without creating
artificial  alterations in a  person's healthy condition.  Hah-
nemann,  the  illustrious  founder of Homoeopathy, Avas the
first who dreAV the  attention of the coffee-drinking com-
munity to the destructive tendency their favored article had
on the constitution.  He distinguished well between a mod-
erate use of this drink and an immoderate consumption in
large  quantities and strong  decoctions.  We  recommend
our readers to read  his  admirable article on this subject.
It exhausts all what can be  said in regard to it,  and is ca-
pable to  cure the most inveterate coffee-drinker.  Homoe-
opathy forbids its use  in most all diseases, and  insists
on a more natural diet;  in this important undertaking, she
is  supported  by the   rigorous  system  of hydropathy,
Avhich demands the  abolition of all stimulating drink, and
allows nothing but water.
   But, if coffee can not be  abstained from, or if a person
is only using it moderately, without experiencing bad con-
sequences, it would be well to recommend a good prepara-
tion of the bean, by roasting  it but slightly, grinding  it
never long before it is  used, and adding to the  decoction
one-half of boiled milk.   In this way, coffee may be drank
with comparative impunity.
   Tea, as a daily drink,  meets with the same objections as
coffee, and is only tolerated in its use for the sick, because
these have not been sufficiently estranged from such stim-
ulants to do without it.
   To healthy persons we would recommend to abstain  from
its use entirely, as tea is neither nutritious,  nor  capable of
fostering the digestion.
   If any tea shall be used, let it be black tea, as this con- 
DIGESTIBILITY OF  FOOD.                439
tains  less of the tannin, or the astringent principle, which
forms the principal ingredient of  all kinds of teas.
   Chocolate, or cocoa, is decidedly preferable to coffee or tea
as a daily drink, although it is, to some extent, an indiges-
tible  article, which needs good digestive  powers and exer-
cise  to render it wholesome.  It is frequently allowed to
patients  who have no abdominal diseases, or do not suffer
from weakness of  the stomach.
   Milk is very nutritious, but not  always digestible.   Al-
though nature designed infants to subsist  for some time on
milk, it is no stronger proof, on that account, of its greater
digestibility ; as it is well known that the infant's stomach
is not yet weakened by stimulating food or drink, and is
better prepared  for  the digestion  of  milk than  that of
adults : moreover, the infant draws the  milk in its warm
state, where the oily  and cheesy parts are still  organically
held  in perfect solution; besides, it ejects the  cheesy part
most always afterward, keeping only the sacharine portion
of the milk, or the whey, which is the  most digestible.
   The practice of drinking milk at dinners is very injuri-
ous ;  it is more Avholesome toward evening, particularly in
the summer,  and in the morning, when bread-and-milk
forms a good diet  for healthy persons.
   The reason why country people  can eat and drink  milk
with impunity, Avhile persons living in cities dare not do the
same, lies simply  in  the constant exercise of the former,
combined with less care and hasty pursuits of  life.
   After drinking  milk,  no sour articles  must  be drank or
eaten, as  a fermentation will  ensue in the stomach Avith all
its morbific consequences.
   Buttermilk is a healthy beverage, but it  must be  used
with care, not allowing any acids or fruits to follow after it.
   Spiritous liquors, wine, brandy, etc., must be considered
as medicines, never as drinks, which might be  adopted for 
440            HYGIENE AND  HYDROPATHY.
daily consumption with impunity.   And, in a medicinal ca-
pacity, they are  truly beneficial, Avhile, in the other, they
have proved to be the greatest curses of mankind.
   But enough has been said and  argued on this point, and
it Avould be useless here to repeat the proofs, that  the ha-
bitual use of spiritous liquors ruins both body and soul.
   As a medicine, they are prescribed by the physician ; for
instance,  brandy, after having eaten indigestible articles, or
as a stimulus in Asiatic cholera;  Avine, after  debilitating
diseases, or after great loss of blood; and ale or porter for
nursing Avomen, etc.  We advise strictly to adhere  to the
principle, "Touch not, taste not, handle not."

                         Sleep.
   This interruption of the  voluntary  activity of the bodily
powers is as necessary for their renovation  and strength
as food and drink ; in fact, in sleep the solidification of lost
particles takes place — a process, Avithout Avhich the system
soon Avould  lose  its  existence in evaporation.  It is in the
sleep that the blood gives off to the different organs  parti-
cles  of solid mass, which fill up the places of those Avasted
during the  Avakeful  state,  and,  after every  organ is thus
reneAved and supplied, treasures up the balance in the cel-
lular tissue  in the form of  fat; in the sleep, all the  nour-
ishing qualities of the blood are carried to the places Avhere
most needed ; this is the reason why, after a healthy sleep,
the system  feels invigorated again to reneAved  action.  If
we would eat and fill our blood Avith nourishment, yet have
not  sufficient bodily  exercise to Avaste strength, Ave would
soon produce a disturbance of the equilibrium, Avhich must
exist in our  system betAveen loss and supply.   In the fol-
loAving order we should regulate the hours of life;  first,
work (mental and bodily exercise for every healthy individ-
ual, without exception) ; second, eating (the principal meal 
SLEEP.
441
ought to be had toAvard  evening, after the labor is done) ;
third, sleep (soon a/ter eating, in order to  permit the  nour-
ishment in the blood to crystalize into the different  solids
of the system.)
  The time which should be passed in sleep varies accord-
ing to age, occupation,  and constitution.  Children need
more sleep than those of a maturer age,  where the  grow-
ing, or solidification of the system is not so much required.
Vigorous, mental activity needs longer sleep to recruit than
mere  bodily labor;  because the  nervous  energy,  which
facilitates solidification, becomes more exhausted by mental
than  bodily fatigue.  The  lymphatic constitution  needs
more sleep than the nervous and bilious/because the former
having less nervous energy, requires longer time to convert,
during the sleep, the blood into muscle, nerve,  sinew, etc.
   There is no normal quantity of hours to repose in sleep ;
as  a general rule, it may range from six  to seven hours
in twenty-four; circumstances alter these,  however, fre-
quently ;  every one must  try to find out which number of
hours will suit for him.
   The best time  for sleep is, without doubt, from nine or
ten o'clock, before midnight, until three or four o'clock in
the morning.  Early rising has  so many advantages  in
point  of health and  happiness, that it hardly needs a fur-
 ther recommendation here.
    The place  of sleep ought to be  chosen from among  the
 best in a house.   The lower floors  are never fit to contain
 bed-rooms, as  the confined air, during  the night,  in  the
 lower part of a house, is unfit for  respiration.   The  sleep-
 ing apartment  should be the best located  and the  largest
 room in a house ; an eastern and  southern exposure is the
 best; during the day, its windows must  be kept open,  and
 the bed-clothing aired ;  the best surface to repose on is the
 haiK mattrass, Avhich combines all  the necessary requisites
        20* 
442
HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
 for this purpose.  During the  sleep, the cover ought to be
 sufficient; if possible, let it consist of guilts, whose num-
 ber is regulated as to comfort.
   Some  persons have  the erroneous idea that, to lay  on
 the back  during  sleep,  is  the  most healthy position  one
 can assume ;  the most natural and healthy position is to lay
 on the side, the very best is the right side.  But this varies
 as to habit, and, if so, does not signify disease.   By laying
 on the back, the spine is  pressed and heated, beyond what
 may be good for it.  Lay Avith the head supported, by one
 pillow, slightly elevated above the rest of the body.

                   Air and Exercise.
   The quality of the air which fills our lungs has the great-
 est influence on the healthy state  of our system ; as on it
 depends the thorough change  which the blood must  un-
 dergo, from the venous to the  arterial.  The atmospheric
 air consists of  one-fifth part oxygen and  nearly four-fifths
 nitrogen,  and a small quantity of carbonic acid  gas.  The
 first, or oxygen, is  the only life-sustaining fluid, while  the
 nitrogen and carbonic acid gas,  each by itself, are life-de-
 stroying ; but, in the above mixture of the three, the  air
 becomes just adapted to the wants of our physical existence.
 Alter this proportion in the least,  and sickness  and death
 must be the inevitable consequence.  It is  of the highest
 importance, therefore, to have the air which we  breathe  as
 nearly like that Avhich nature has prepared for us as possi-
 ble.   This, however, we can only accomplish by  a thorough
 system of ventilation, which carries  off the vitiated air,
 and permits fresh air to enter our apartments freely.   The
 rooms  for the  sick are no  exception to this most necessary
rule.   The more air a patient can have, the  sooner he will
 recover.   The only precaution necessary in such  cases, is
to prevent a draught from passing  over the patient. 
AIR AND EXERCISE.
443
  We direct the attention of our readers particularly to this
subject, and invite them to make themselves acquainted
Avith works treating extensively on the necessity  and the
art of ventilation ;  as  in many a situation in life, it will be
of the utmost importance for them to carry the theories of
ventilation into practical execution ;  for instance, in build-
ing dAvelling-houses, churches, halls for meetings, etc.  We
would here make one remark  in regard to churches, which
receive their  ventilation at the sides, by opening  the win-
dows at the time of meeting.   This  seems to me a practice
fulfilling well enough its  immediate  object—the ventila-
tion—but doing harm  in another  direction,  namely, crea-
ting a draught, which passes over part of the assemblage,
thereby rendering their seats very uncomfortable, and dan-
gerous for health and life.   An edifice with high ceilings
ought to be ahvays ventilated  from the top  of the  ceiling,
where the  heated air will sooner be found than at  the  side
or below.
   In short, we would  advise  every  body to  try always to
breathe as pure and fresh air as possible ; he may be in
health or in sickness.
   Every thing which has a tendency to deteriorate  the air
must be  avoided and removed.  Exhalations from  marshy
grounds, damp cellars, or any place  where animal or veg-
etable decomposition is going  on, are frequent  sources of
disease  and death.  Every thing  must be  avoided which
renders the air moist and damp, or prevents a free circula-
tion all around the places where we dwell.   The more air,
the  better; particularly in childhood, where the healthy
development of the system depends so much on the lively
stimulus  which  the plentiful  consumption  of the  oxygen
gives to the energies of the system.   An infant, instinctively,
wants to be  carried in  the open air, where it delights to
breathe the invigorating fluid.   Parents should  send their 
444            HYGIENE  AND  HYDROPATHY.
children  in the free,  open  air as  often  as  possible ;  as
nothing more  contributes to health and a good constitution
than exercise in the open air.
  Activity, motion, exercise, is a principal object and funda-
mental condition of organic life.   Without  it, there is no
energetic expression of the functions  of  the organs, which
become torpid, and act sluggishly.  Without  exercise, the
muscle never will swell and become strong and well-formed ;
the joint never will become supple.  Without exercise, the
appetite never will  be  stimulated, the nerves invigorated,
and the blood  system  put in vigorous motion.  Exercise,
however, brings life and energy to  every part of the system.
Look at the blacksmith's arm—how muscular, strong, and
healthy.  Bodily exercise  and labor is  required  of every
one—he may be rich or poor, learned or ignorant—to keep
healthy, and become strong.
   It should be the particular care  of parents, besides men-
tal culture,  not to neglect the bodily  education of their
children.   The training  in all  the  arts of life must have
reference to  the wants and necessities of  the  present and
future well-being of those dear  ones,  placed under our
especial guardianship.   Gymnastic  exercises now form a
branch of the education  of our youth, and  should be prac-
ticed regularly and constantly, commencing Avith the lighter
exertions, until the seA^erer  feats can be  performed  Avith
ease.  Walking,  and running at a moderate gait, is perhaps
the best and most suitable exercise for adults, besides that
exercise which the daily occupations offer.  It ought to  be
borne in mind, however, that no  severe exercise  must  be
undertaken directly after  meals; as  a full  stomach, for
digestion, requires suspension of muscular activity.

               Clothing and  Occupation.
   In no department of civilized life has the fancy of man 
clothing and occupation.            445
committed so many errors, leading to destruction of health
and life, as in that which relates to the external covering of
the body.  In choosing a garment,  one must always first
remember its purpose  and use,  before  he  follows the dic-
tates  of fashion.   If  fashion Avas  directed  more  by the
utility than by the oddity and  fancifulness of clothing, its
reign might be tolerated ;  but this is, unfortunately, not the
case.  It is, for instance, fashionable among ladies to wear
thin-soled shoes ;  yet there is no  greater  destroyer of hu-
man life than a thin-soled  shoe—not even  pestilence and
vice.
   The object  of  clothing  the  body, beside for decency,
is to shield it from the heat and cold of Aveather.  To this
purpose  all  other considerations,  as  for beauty, conve-
nience,  etc.,  ought  to yield  the  preference; and  even
healthy persons should not easily depart from a rule so  im-
perative and necessary.
   Cotton, linen,  and avooI, manufactured  into  different
 kinds of  stuff, are the  articles  mostly used for clothing.
Linen is the best  article for summer, and should not be laid
 aside  in winter, except by persons subject  to  rheumatism
 and frequent colds.
   Cotton has Avon its favor almost  into universal use,  and
 its applicability for summer  and  winter wear  is generally
 admitted.  Yet it is not a sufficient substitute for the woolen
 goods, particularly flannel,  when  persons  liable to  rheu-
 matic attacks  need, besides protection from  cold, a cover-
 ing Avhich stimulates  the skin to  a higher degree of action,
 and absorbs, at the same time, its perspiration.   This the
 woolen fabrics, especially flannel,  etc., do, better than any
 other, and  are,  therefore, indispensable to persons of a
 tender skin, and to those  liable  to great exposure to the
 extremes of cold and heat.  Wool is a  bad conductor of
 caloric, and,  therefore, the best calculated to retain the  heat 
446            HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
generated within the body upon the surface, as well as to
protect it from external heat.
  The quantity of clothing must be regulated according to
the seasons ;  but  in  such a manner  that its  change dare
never be in advance  of the  coming season, but only after
it has fully set in.  A change of under-clothes before June
is seldom without serious consequences ;  while the summer
dress may be retained until late in the fall and winter, with-
out great inconvenience and detriment.
  Clothing must be made so that it does not incommode
the body either in motion or rest.
  The human system is so admirably constructed in all its
parts, that none presses or Aveighs heavily upon the other;
and in this way,  only,  the  perfect harmony  and healthy
condition of all its functions is rendered possible.   For the
same reason,  hoAvever, does it not permit  any  external
pressure, by clothing, etc., without serious injury.   If the
boots or shoes are too tight, painful corns appear, and  em-
bitter the hours of the sufferer; if the  waist is laced too
tight, lung complaints are its fearful and destructive conse-
quences.   It  would  be unnecessary to  enlarge upon  this
subject;  it is known too well by every one, at the present
time.
  In general, keep the head and breast cool;  the feet and
stomach, however, Avarm.  If the dress  has  become  wet,
hasten to change it.   Be not careless  in this respect; as
frequently negligence in undressing, after having become
wet, has  been the  cause  of lingering diseases,  or  eAren
death ; particularly the feet  require our Avhole attention in
this respect.  Young girls, at the age of change, must be
especially watched well as regards the protection for their
feet and abdomen.
  After violent exercise, we must cool off by  degrees, cov-
ering ourselves more, as we  become cooler. 
CLOTHING AND OCCUPATION.            447
  The occupation of a person  has a great and  increasing
effect on his health, mentally as well as bodily.   That this
is undoubtedly the case, has  been clearly proved by the
statistical tables, carefully made for the  purpose of show-
ing the relative longevity of persons pursuing different avo-
cations of life.
  The following statistical table, made at Berlin, in  1834,
and taken from Dr. Tarbell's " Sources of Health," is very
instructive in this respect:
Of  100 Clergymen, attained the  age of 70 years
           and  upward,      .     .     -     -
 "  "   Farmers
 "  "   Commercial men
 "  "   Military men
 "  "   Lawyers
 "  "   Artists
 "  "   Teachers
 "  "   Physicians
42
40
35
33
29
28
27
24
  It is evident, from the above, that the  quiet pursuits  of
life, which allow  of a constant and certain amount of men-
tal and corporeal activity, but of not too exciting a  char-
acter, such as the minister of  the  Gospel, and the  farmer,
folloAV the most healthy pursuits of life ; while the  physi-
cian, the very opposite of these two, as regards regularity
and uniformity of action, is the lowest  in the  scale of his
years of life.   There is no doubt that the  above table is
correct; and  if so, it  teaches volumes to every  one who
has either already chosen a pursuit of life, or has  yet  to
do it.  The former must adhere the more to the strictest
rules of health, if he has chosen  a less  favorable profes-
sion ;  the latter may benefit himself infinitely by selecting 
448
HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
the more healthy pursuit of life, if he  had to choose be-
tween tAVO.
  A greater sense of duty,  and  a  lesser degree  of un-
checked ambition, might have saved  many a  valuable life
from an early grave.  It is our duty to live as long and as
usefully as possible.

                     Hydropathy.
  Hydropathy is the name for a method of curing diseases
by the application of cold  water, in  various  Avays,  inter-
nally and externally, as circumstances may require.   Al-
though the advantage of cold water in  disease Avas  known
in the earlier times, yet its systematic use for  that purpose
was never looked upon as an essential part of the healing-
art, and, therefore, no decided results were  elicited.  To
Prissnitz, a simple farmer  in Germany, belongs the  honor
of having first boldly proclaimed,  and sustained  by facts,
the high qualities of cold  Avater, as a remedy for  diseases.
And so rapid Avas  the progress of this  new  and  startling
doctrine, that Avhile its propounder is still enjoying his fame
and fortune, his  discovery has been already adopted in
almost every part of the world.
  The appearance of Hydropathy, as an  auxiliary branch
of medicine and hygiene, seems to have been providential
in our time ; as it Avas never before more needed, and never
would have been appreciated  as much.   Our generation,
so weakened, physically and morally, by a thousand influ-
ences which we could hardly enumerate here,  needed,
with the change of medicine which  was  consummated in
the discovery and  cultivation of Homoeopathy, a system of
dietetic rules and strengthening appliances, which  should
be as much according to  nature as those formerly prescribed
had been against nature.  In this  hygienic or preventive
feature of the cold water lies one of  its greatest blessings ; 
HYDROPATHY.
449
another one, however, presents itself in its healing powers,
for a number of diseases.  Although its healing effects are
wonderful, and entitled to all consideration and praise, yet
its universal application, as the only curative  agent, super-
ceding direct medication, is impossible ;  because its princi-
ple is  more negative  in its effects upon disease in general.
The cold  water,  in  strengthening  the  powers of nature,
prepares them to throw  off disease, or, in other words, to
produce  a crisis, which  enables  nature, in a struggle Avith
the disease, to throw it off.   This principle  of Hydropathy
is true in chronic  as well as acute diseases ; but in the lat-
ter, its application is more  limited, and  this in  proportion
to the acuteness  and severity of the  diseases.  To treat
Asiatic cholera, for instance, or cholera infantum, with cold
water alone, might be, to say the least, a questionable and
hazardous undertaking.  Neither would it be  necessary or
right  to  trust, in  the  thousands of medical  cases, to one
healing agent alone, Avhich at best only assists in keeping
up sinking nature, Avhen we have the knowledge of other
agents which have a  direct annihilating effect upon the
disease itself.  And this is Homoeopathy,  whose  applica-
tion  in diseases  do not prevent the use of  cold  water;
but, in most cases, prescribes its  use, to  strengthen nature,
that the  remedies may destroy  the  disease in  a direct or
specific manner.   These tAvo systems,  properly combined
and practised together, will form the most complete  code
of medical rule and action Avhich has existed, as yet.   Al-
lopathy and Hydropathy can never act together ; because the
principle of the former, to break doAvn the natural strength,
is too antagonistic to the objects  of the  latter, which tries
to elevate  instead of  diminishing the strength  of nature.
There is no other alliance  left, neither could  any other be
conceived, as natural,  harmonious, and effective as that of
Homoeopathy and Hydropathyieach one supporting and 
450            HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
strengthening: the  doings  of the  other.   Providence was
evidently at work in permitting the former to be discovered
by the most learned and philosophic mind of the age—the
illustrious Hahnemann ; and the latter to be practised first
by an unlearned, but unsophisticated peasant:  the first be-
ing the result of deep reasoning and research in matters of
nature, the latter  of simple  and  clear  observation.  The
power of this  double lesson, given to  the  medical world
almost at  the same time,  was  too  overwhelming  not
to arouse it from perversion and affectation.
  Hahnemann at first broke doAvn, with a giant's strength,
the learned  fetters which  for ages  had  encompassed  the
best minds among the medical profession.   He opened  and
showed the true way ; a new era had begun, and men,  lib-
erated from old prejudices, were  willing  to try any thing
offered with some degree of plausibility, reserving for them-
selves the final judgment.
  After such changes were wrought in the mode of think-
ing, it was possible  that  Mesmer could  succeed and find
followers, and  that  Oertel  and Prissnitz could draw the
attention of sufferers to the remedial powers of water.
  The pretensions of Hydropathy to constitute a  perfect
medical  system, in which light some of its most modern
practitioners have tried  to  establish it, must and will  be
abandoned,  as they have neither a  theoretical basis  nor
practical demonstration.   In fact, efforts of  this kind, if
persisted in obstinately, must finally result in detriment to
the good cause itself, diminishing the  reputation of the
cold water, in those spheres where its application is deser-
vedly of the greatest benefit.   And this range of action is
by no  means so small or so inferior as to make the  exclu-
sive friends of Hydropathy  seek for a larger  dominion,
even beyond the reach of its principle or easy application.
It needs but a  slight acquaintance  with  the  workings  of 
HYDROPATHY.
451
Homoeopathy, in comparison with Hydropathy, to come to
the conclusion that the former could sooner dispense with
the assistance of the latter, than vice versa, but that a judi-
cious union of both insures the most blessed results.
   In a great many cases, the  cold  water  may be  applied
alone, without giving any medicines.  This is particularly
the case in  those  chronic  forms of diseases, which have
been treated or produced by allopathic medicines ;  such as
chronic rheumatism and gout, syphilis, mercurial diseases,
dyspepsias, chronic diarrheas, constipation, etc.   But even
in such cases a recourse  to a full use of Hydropathy is not
necessary, if the patient seems to possess  yet a sufficient
amount of natural strength to produce a reaction.   Homoe-
opathic medicine, rightly administered, will be  found effi-
cacious in  a majority of such cases, as the practice of  thou-
sands of  homoeopathic physicians proof  daily to  an evi-
dence.
   But where the patient's constitution has  been weakened
by the disease, strength and material power are necessary to
overcome the disease.   In such cases, the cold water  is the
only agent which can safely and quickly accomplish that.
   In many acute diseases, the cold  water  can be  used to
mitigate the intensity of the  symptoms, in  subduing local
irritation  and fever, in  softening hardened surfaces, and
repelling  congestions.   In  other acute diseases, it may be
applied as  an accessory remedy,  without interfering in  the
least with the  specific  action of the homoeopathic  medi-
cines, as in  sore throat, inflammation  of the brain and
other organs.  In acute  diseases of  the skin, such as mea-
sles, scarlet, etc., the application of cold water on the dis-
eased surfaces  must not  be attempted, except prescribed
and  attended to by a physician,  as  repressions of these
eruptions on internal organs may take place, followed by
dangerous consequences. 
452
HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
   We Avill mention here those diseases, in the treatment of
which cold water may be applied, as an accessory, Avithout
hesitation.  The mode of application for  each disease is
explained further, below.

            Inflammation af Internal  Organs.
   If there is inflammation of the brain, eye, throat, bow-
els,  liver, spleen,  or  kidneys,  apply, besides  giving  the
necessary homoeopathic remedies for  these  diseases inter-
nally, cold bandages externally, as near the organs affected
as possible.  Their application is described below.   In the
commencement of those diseases, the cold bandage applied
in the evening is very beneficial in its results.  If applied
after the disease has taken too deep a hold on the system,
it is of less benefit.

Congestions of the Head, Breast, and Abdomen.  (Piles.)
   Are frequently mitigated by the application of the cold
water bandages, often changed,  and foot-baths; the sitz-
baths, if the abdomen is the seat of the disease.

Rheumatism in its various forms,  Gout,  Tic Douloureux,
                      and Sciatica.
  Are diseases, Avhere hydropathic  applications  may be
used beneficially Avith  the homoeopathic  treatment.   The
mode of  applying the water varies in these diseases  ac-
cording   to the  constitutionality of  the patient and  the
severity of the case. The cold water bandage, wet sheet, and
local baths are mostly necessary, although sometimes warm
or lukewarm applications of water may be found more
serviceable.

           Constipation and  Chronic Diarrhea.
  Allows of mitigation  by hydropathy ; the former by  the 
ABLUTIONS.
453
wet sheet, drinking of cold Avater, and a good deal of ex-
ercise ; the  latter by drinking cold water and using sitz-
baths, with exercise and a suitable diet.

      Different Modes of Applying the  Cold  Water.
   In regard to this subject we prefer  to  lay before our
readers what one of the most experienced hydropathists—
Dr.  Weiss,  of  Freywaldau—has  communicated,  in  his
Handbook of Hydropathy:

                      1. Ablutions.
   These may be local  or general;  they are  performed  in
the following manner:   The  naked hands,  or,  better,  a
large sponge or woolen cloth  is dipped into a vessel con-
taining cold water,  placed upon a chair.  The sponge is to
be gently pressed, and then  conveyed, for  some  few
minutes, rapidly over the whole surface  of the body ; water
may also, at the same time, be poured over the head ; but
not  every one is able to bear the latter application, espe-
cially in the winter.  Another method of performing ablu-
tion with cold water,  consists  in wrapping  a linen sheet,
dipped into cold water, round the body, and thus washing
all the  parts; this process is more powerful, abstracting
more heat from the body.  In pursuing this, or any other
mode of ablution, it is  advisable  to stand in a spacious ves-
sel, so that  the water which  runs  off  may not wet or soil
the  room in  which  the  operation is conducted.
   The  best time,  undoubtedly, for these ablutions, is the
morning.   They  are  to  be performed immediately after
rising from bed, when the temperature  of the body is raised
by the heat of the  bed.  The sudden  change favors, in a
great measure, the  reaction which  ensues, and excites the
skin, rendered more sensitive by the perspiration during the
night, to renewed activity.  In some cases, and under cer- 
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HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
tain conditions, more than one of these ablutions becomes
necessary; the same  operation  may then be  repeated  at
different intervals.  In most cases, a second ablution before
going to bed will suffice.  Local ablutions will have to be
repeated most  frequently,  where we wish to  produce in-
creased reaction; even in these cases, the temperature  of
the body, or its natural warmth, should be restored before
proceeding to a second ablution.   To increase the beneficial
effects of this washing, it should be accompanied  by fric-
tion during the process ; this is also essential immediately
after it.  Quite as necessary is exercise in the  open air, if
circumstances  will in  any  way  permit it.   Very  great
invalids  only may be  allowed, after washing,  to retire  to
bed.
   Ablutions are, for the most part, preparations for a more
powerful  system of treatment, in  order to accustom the
body, by degrees, to water which is absolutely cold; tepid
ablutions are, therefore, to be  recommended at first, espe-
cially to irritable and weakly individuals, or such as have
never brought cold water in contact with their bodies.
   Ablutions continued for a quarter of an hour, or longer,
act as a stimulant and refrigerant;  those of a shorter dura-
tion have a strengthening and exhilerating effect, and also
the property of equalizing the circulation of blood, as may
readily be  perceived after general  ablution of the whole
body.
   Cold  ablutions are  fitted for all constitutions;  they are
best adapted for purifying and strengthening the body  ; for
women, weak   subjects,  children,  and  old  age.   Even  in
pulmonary  complaints they produce  alleviation,  and  even
perfect  amendment, where these diseases have not made
too great a progress.
   The room, in which  the ablution is performed, may  be
slightly heated, for debilitated patients, in winter, to prevent 
SHOWER-BATHS.                  455
colds in consequence of too Ioav a temperature of the apart-
ment ;  this exception is, however, only admissible for very
Aveakly persons.   Generally speaking, ablution  may be
performed  in  a cold  room,  especially where  persons get
through the operation quickly, and can, immediately after-
ward, take exercise in  the  open air.  After ablutions, as
regards mildness of operation, follow

                   2.  Shower-Baths.
  These baths are taken in a machine, or box  (Schnei-
der's  bath), constructed  for  the purpose.  The internal
arrangement of this machine, or bath, is such, that, on open-
ing the cock  closing  the  pipes which  communicate with a
reservoir, the water is brought in contact with different parts
of the body at the same time,  in the form of many  fine
streams.   Very weakly or irritable  people may begin with
tepid  water, and they  will soon accustom themselves to
cold water, as these baths produce a very grateful impres-
sion.   Those who can not obtain a proper machine, may
stand,in  an empty bathing vat, or other vessel, sufficiently
large,  while an assistant, standing  on a chair, pours water
over them from a common watering-pot, which answers the
purpose perfectly.
  The action  of these baths consists in a general shock to
the nervous system,  and to the skin; in  consequence of
which, the  secretion  and excretion is promoted, and the
whole  economy benefited.   As the  action of shower-baths
is closely allied to that of ablutions, they are justly prefer-
red to  these, by many people, because their effect is milder,
and more grateful, and the water,  in the form of rain, is
brought in contact with all  parts of the body at the  same
time.   They are to be recommended, chiefly, in the diseases
requiring repeated sweatings for their cure; for patients
who, in  consequence of  congestions,  and diseases of the 
456            HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
chest, can not bear the full baths after the process of sweat-
ins:.   These baths deserve recommendation  to families.
Children may be best accustomed to cold  water in these
machines, where the temperature can  at first be raised, and
then gradually decreased.

               3.  Partial, or Half-Baths.
  All baths, where the common bathing vats are half, or
three parts filled with water, are thus denominated.   The
half-baths serve, frequently, as  a preparation  for the full-
baths (Vollbader), or for a more active system of  treat-
ment ; they  have, therefore,  a higher temperature, be-
tAveen fifty-nine and seventy-seven degrees  of  Fahrenheit.
They should be continued from five minutes to an hour, or
more, according to the  purposes we  have in view.  If
these baths be  intended as a preparation for more  active
treatment, they must be  of short duration, as also for per-
sons Avho can not bear cold baths, or  full-baths.  If our
object be to produce a derivative effect, to remove conges-
tions from other organs, the duration of these  baths  must
be regulated by their effects.  The patient must remain in
them until revulsion is produced.  Neither the temperature,
nor  the  length of time, can  be determined  beforehand;
this  must be regulated always  by the constitution, the na-
ture of the disease, or the obstinacy of the case : generally
speaking, a quarter, half, or a whole  hour will suffice.
   If our intention be to  call forth a higher degree of reac-
tion, or even fever, by these baths, the temperature must
be  lower, their duration extend from one to  three hours.
Baths continued for so great a length  of time must only be
used by the advice of a practical hydropathist,  as they not
only considerably derange the organs  of digestion, but pro-
duce sufferings  with which the patient was unacquainted
before. 
rFULL-BATHS.                   457
  The Avhole time the  patient is in these  baths, he should
continually rub  himself with the water  contained in the
vat, extending the friction to the parts above and under the
water, that he may not take cold.  If this mode of appli-
cation be intended as preparatory to the use of cold baths,
or to produce increased reaction, it is advisable to pour a
feAv buckets of cold water  over the patient before he rises
from the bath.
   Neither half-baths, nor any other kind  of bath, are to  be
taken on a full  stomach.   Exercise,  further, is especially
to be  taken  after long continued half-baths j it must not,
however, be neglected after the use  of  cold water in any
form.

                      4. Full-Baths.
   For these baths, spacious and deep  receptacles are neces-
sary ; they should admit of freedom  of  motion, and fresh
water (if possible)  should  uninterruptedly Aoav into them.
   That the  body must be, in a  certain measure, prepared
for their use, I have already mentioned ; and  even after a
proper preparation, as caution, it is  desirable  to wash  the
head, or pour cold water over it before entering the bath.
 This  rule is to  be strictly observed where the  patient  has
 perspired for a length of time, or where he is suffering from
 congestions of the head and chest.  The latter circumstance
 requires our especial consideration, where these attacks are
 increased after the first baths, notwithstanding the neces-
 sary preparation.   Such patients must be spared the further
 use of them, to prevent dilatation, or rupture of bloodves-
 sels.   Only  young, robust persons  may, without injury,
 venture, after protracted sweating, to plunge suddenly  into
 the bath without washing the head.   It. is, moreover, neces-
 sary that  every patient should  enter the  bath as soon as
 possible  after  gently and  quickly cooling his  head  and
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HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
chest; for  all unnecessary delay  is attended with  perni-
cious consequences.
  The length of time the patient should remain in the bath
varies in different cases ; half a minute, or one  minute, is
generally sufficient;  an experienced hydropathist only may
prescribe full-baths  for a lengthened period.  During the
Tbath, the patient  must exercise  the  members of the body.
Immediately after leaving the bath,  he should quickly dry
the whole body, using friction to promote reaction.  If pos-
sible, he should perform the rubbing himself; and, where
this is impracticable, he  should be  aided  by an assistant.
Exercise, after dressing, is next required, where circum-
stances will allow it, in  the  open air, to  further reaction
also.
  Cold full-baths are indicated in  all those diseases where
augmented reaction, invigoration, or a shock to the nervous
system is to be produced, where the warmth of  the  whole
body is to be equalized ;  where all secreting  and secerning
vessels are to be invigorated; where the circulation of the
blood is to  be determined to the skin for the  elimination of
morbid matter.
  These baths are to be avoided, or used, at least, with cau-
tion, in all congestions, in inflammations of internal vital
organs, in diseases of the chest without  exception, in  cer-
tain head  affections, in  cases Avhere  a  very active crisis
ensues, and in all those where violent excitements or shocks
would prove injurious.

               5. General Plunging-baths.
  The plunging-bath should be taken, like the former bath,
in a  large reservoir, or trough, filled with  water.  The
patients, generally such  who can  not of themselves enter
the bath, are  placed upon a chair above  it,  arranged by
means of ropes and pullies to move upward and downward, 
LOCAL-BATHS.--HEAD-BATHS.
459
so that the patients in the  sitting posture may be plunged
into the water as deeply and as often as is necessary.   As
a substitute for an apparatus of this kind, the patient may
be laid upon  a sheet, held by several  persons, which is
quickly plunged  into the  water,  and  again  withdrawn.
The  intention of these  plunging-baths is pretty much  the
same as that of the former ; but their action is more stim-
ulating, and the shock severer than in those cases where
the patient can enter  the bath unassisted, and use exercise
while bathing.  Hence one, for the most, five plunges, suf-
fice to cool the body ; in obstinate nervous fevers, however,
they are occasionally to be repeated several times  in  the
course of the day.

                     6. Local-baths.
   By this  term,  we understand baths of  tepid or cold
water, into which a portion of the  body is immersed for a
certain period.  Their action is more powerful than that of
local ablutions.   We will commence with

                     7. Head-baths.
   They are  applied, according to the object we may have
in view, to different parts of the head, in the form of eye-
baths, ear-baths, or derivative baths.  The use of these
baths is attended Avith  some inconvenience.   A' large dish
or basin is to be filled Avith water, and placed on the floor
at the upper end of a mattress.  The patient lays himself
at full length upon the mattress, and immerses  the  part of
the head  to be bathed into the water; e. g. if it be an eye-
bath, the  whole face is to be introdueed into the  vessel filled
with water.   In this case, it is necessary, moreover, to open
and shut the eyelids  frequently, in order to bring the water
in contact with the  eyeball.  The duration of these cool-
ing and strengthening baths is from two to six minutes, but 
460            HYGIENE  AND HYDROPATHY.
both their duration and temperature are subject to varia-
tions.  In some diseases of the eye, as we shall hereafter
show, cold baths are not  only inefficient, but they even
augment the affection and sufferings considerably.  Under
these circumstances,  we  must endeavor to discover  the
temperature best adapted  to the  case, and make use of
other detersive baths as auxiliaries.   These  and all other
varieties of topical  baths are to be repeated, according to
circumstances, three to five times a day.
  We use for these purposes, also, boat-shaped  eye-baths,
resembling liqueur-glasses, and adapted to the shape of the
eye ; but  baths in these vessels are  less  worthy of recom-
mendation than the former bath, inasmuch as they contain
a less quantity of water, and press, moreover, on the appen-
dages of the eye.
  The  ear-bath is taken  in a similar manner: the  side
affected, or, where both ears are diseased, both sides are to
be alternately immersed into the water, so that it may enter
the meatus.  These baths  should, with few exceptions, be
cold; their duration should extend from six to ten minutes,
A more protracted use of them is  not advisable, because it
would produce more injury than benefit.   The same applies
to all head-baths.
  Where  head-baths  are used as derivatives for violent and
local pains of the  head,  the side of the head  opposite to
that affected is immersed in the water for three or four min-
utes.  This may be repeated several times during the  day,
 if necessary.
   If the  head-baths  are  to have an anodyne  or soothing
effect in gouty or rheumatic affections, they should be  used
at a temperature of fifty-nine degrees to seventy-two  de-
grees of Fahrenheit.   One side of the head, and then the
occiput, afterward the other side is to be plunged into  the
water, and this proceeding is to be repeated several times 
SITTING-BATHS.
461
until the desired alleviation ensues.   In cases of necessity,
this process may be repeated several times in the course of
the day.

             8. Sitting-baths.  (Sitz-baths.)
   For these baths we use water of various degrees of tem-
perature.  The vessel for this purpose is rather inconve-
nient, but so constructed that the patient can remain  for
the necessary time in it in the sitting posture.   The dimen-
sions of  the vessel should be the folloAving :  height of  the
pedestal, four to five inches; the  inner depth of the vessel
nine to ten inches ; height of the back, six to eight inches ;
whole breadth of  the vessel, twenty-two to tAventy-four
inches.  These baths are made of wood or tin; the latter,
however, deserve the preference.   The vessel in which the
bath is taken should be  filled with water, until it reaches
the navel of the patient when in the sitting posture.   In
especial  cases, a greater or less  height  of  water may be
requisite.  During the bath, the  upper part of  the body is
to remain covered, the shirt should be  turned  up, and the
legs and feet  are to  be enveloped  in a woolen  coverlet.
While the person is in the bath, he should rub the abdo-
men with a woolen cloth, to increase the action of  the skin,
and to facilitate the  passage of flatulent collections.  The
action of sitting-baths varies, partly according to the length
of their  duration, partly according to the temperature of
the water.  Where they are desired to have  a tonic action,
the temperature should be from  fifty degrees to  fifty-nine
degrees  of Fahrenheit, and they  should be continued from
ten to fifteen minutes.  Of course, they are  to be repeated
frequently during the day.  To  act as a stimulant, and to
produce  more  powerful  reaction, they must be continued
for the same length  of time;  but their temperature must
not exceed forty-one  degrees to forty-four degrees of Fah- 
462            HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
renheit.   In summer, this temperature may be obtained by
the aid of ice.
   Where the  sitting-baths are to act as derivatives, deter-
mining the blood from parts which  suffer from congestion,
the patient must  remain twenty minutes to half  an hour in
the bath.  It is sometimes necessary, during the bath, to
adapt  cold applications (umschlage) to the parts  affected;
this is the more necessary, if the congestions increase dur-
ing the bath.
   If  the sitting-baths  be intended to produce  a solvent
effect,  a moderate temperature of fifty-nine degrees to six-
ty-eight  degrees  of Fahrenheit, and  rather a lengthened
continuation of them, say from half an hour to  an hour or
more, will  be  required.  It  is, moreover, advisable, that
patients suffering from obstructions or hemorrhoids, should
sit in deeper water; it may, in this case, extend beyond the
umbilicus.
   For sitting-baths in rivers, a peculiar apparatus is neces-
sary.   A board Avith a round hole, about eight  inches  in
diameter, is fixed about five  or six  inches below the level
of the water;  on this aperture the patient is to sit.  At a
distance  of  more  than one  fathom  from this  board the
water is to be  confined by  means  of any suitable contri-
vance, so that  it  may be made to  flow with force against
the abdomen during eight, at the most, fifteen minutes.   In
all abdominal  diseases, and  in debility  of the organs  of
generation, these baths are of extraordinary benefit.
  Whatever object we may aim at in the use of these va-
rieties  of sitting-baths, Ave must not lose sight of the rule—
that they are never to  be taken immediately after eating,
(unless especial  cases call  for an  exception), as they will
otherwise derange the digestion, and produce  irregularities
in the evacuations.  The best time for  the  use of these
baths, is  an hour before dinner, or before going to bed.   In 
FOOT-BATHS.                  463
the latter case, they  offer the adA'antage  of securing  a
night's rest to  the  patient.  Generally speaking, tAvo sit-
ting-baths a day will suffice ;  in particular cases, especially,
if  not  persevered  in for a long  time, five to six may be
taken during the day.   Exercise  in  the  open air is to be
strictly recommended both before and after these baths.

                     9. Foot-Baths
   Are taken in a small tub, or in the same  vessel as the
sitting-baths.   The temperature and volume of water must
depend on the  action we wish to produce.  If these baths
are to act as stimulants, they must be very cold, not exceed-
ing forty-one degrees  of  Fahrenheit.  The  water should
have a depth of one, at the most two  inches, and  the bath
must  not be continued longer than  five minutes.  They
may be repeated several times during the day, according to
circumstances.   Rubbing,  immediately after the baths, to
promote speedy reaction, and also exercise after them, are
indispensable.   If the object of the  foot-bath be  to deter-
mine  from the head or chest,  the  vessel must not be too
large,  in order that the water may become somewhat warm
during the bath, Avhich may be  continued, in that case, from
twenty minutes to one hour.  In this case, the water must
also not be as  cold as for the  former purpose, and should
cover the ankles.  If congestion  increase during the bath,
cold applications should  be at the  same time applied to
the parts affected.  Friction and  motion of the  feet are
absolutely necessary during and after the bath.
   A variety of other partial  baths, adapted to the different
members of the body, are brought into operation  in a gen-
eral course of  treatment by cold water.   The effect desired
is obtained partly by the  duration of the bath,  partly by
the temperature of  the water,  as I ha\re before mentioned
in speaking  of local baths  in general.  Where  the  baths 
464
HYGIENE  AND HYDROPATHY.
are to act as stimulants, the water must be very cold, not
exceeding  forty-one  degrees of Fahrenheit;  they  may,
hoAvever, be repeated several times in the course of the
day, if requisite,  They are to be  continued  from five to
eight minutes.   By friction, immediately after the bath, we
arrive more speedily at the desired end.
   If the intention of these baths be to produce a soothing
effect, their temperature must not be  beloAv fifty-nine de-
grees of  Fahrenheit; they may, however, be continued for
a longer period  of time ; fifteen to thirty minutes will, in
most cases,  suffice ; they may also be repeated on the return
of the  attacks of pain.   Where their action is to be deriv-
ative, the temperature should be from  forty-six to fifty-nine
degrees of  Fahrenheit, and they should be  continued for
half an hour to  one hour  or longer.   If they are to pro-
duce this effect  gradually, and not rapidly, we frequently
resort, at the same time, to applications (umschlage) to the
part affected.   Cooling applications, frequently repeated,
will often lead to the  desired result,  and, at other times,
applications producing warmth will be most serviceable ;
we should, therefore, consider whether the object be  to
produce cold or heat.

                   10. The Drop-bath.
   This term is applied to single drops of water falling from
a height of several fathoms.  For this  form of bath, a ves-
sel is used filled with very cold water, and furnished with
a very small aperture,  through which the water passes in
the form of drops.  The small aperture should be partially
closed  by a plug, to prevent the drops from folloAving each
other in rapid succession.   By these means their operation
is  considerably increased, and it becomes yet more potent
if  we allow the  drops to fall upon a particular part at cer-
tain periods, and rub the part  during the intervals.  The 
THE DOUCHE.
465
reaction  about to  commence will, indeed, be  thus inter-
rupted, but will afterward  make  its appearance in a more
powerful and energetic form.
  The violent excitement and irritation of the nervous sys-
tem produced by these baths, render it necessary to restrict
the use  of  them  to half an hour; nor are they, indeed,
adapted for  vital parts, or  such as are abundantly supplied
with nerves.
   They are often used with more effect in  obstinate and
chronic  cases  of paralysis,  than the  douche  or affusion,
with which  they may alternate.   Powerful and continued
friction Avith a horse-hair glove is never, in this case, to be
neglected after the baths.

                    11. The Douche.
   This description of bath is prepared with the aid of me-
chanical  contrivances, by means of Avhich a stream  of
water is  made to fall  upon the body  with more  or less
force.  In  many respects it is most advantageous to make
use of a natural fall of  water for this purpose ;  we can then
conduct the water simply  into a channel, giving it a fall of
twelve to twenty feet, and to the stream a calibre  of half
 an inch  to five inches.   These simple douches are  far less
 disagreeable to the sensations of the patient than those of
 artificial  construction.   In the former, the patient can turn
 himself freely and alter his position so as  to  expose any
 part of the body to the stream.   Douche-rooms, admitting,
 by their construction, of the access of the air from above,
 produce an agreeable sensation, especially in summer, and
 are very beneficial in their action.  After the  first  time of
 using these baths, the dreadful  ideas which many patients
preconceive of them quickly disappear.
   Our chief consideration in the use of the  douche should
 be to guard against applying  it to the body when quite
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466            HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
cold, or Avhen in a state  of perspiration  after active exer-
cise.  The patient, after undressing in a moderate  temper-
ature, steps below the falling stream, attempting to receive
it in  the  palms of his hands, that the whole force  and
volume  of the water may not  fall upon his body immedi-
ately, which is not, to say the least, at all times agreeable.
After having thus prepared himself for the  more potent
shock, he must expose himself to the full  stream and in
such a manner that the Avhole column of water fall chiefly
on the neck and spine.  From time to time he must equa-
bly expose the other members of the body to the  stream  ;
but the affected parts chiefly, and for a greater length of
time.   He should be careful not to alloAv the stream to fall
perpendicularly on the head, chest, or on the region of the
liver,  especially if these parts be weak, or affected with
disease.
  The duration of the douche must be regulated by the
constitution of the patient, and the  effect Ave wish to pro-
duce ; it should never be continued for less than one, nor
more than twelve minutes.
  Where  a natural douche is not to be obtained, we make
use of the well-known machines resembling a fire engine
in shape and construction.   By means of these contrivances,
we may bring one or more  streams of any given force into
operation.  Our care  must be directed to the selection of
cold and  fresh water for this purpose;  finally, the same
rules are to be observed which we laid doAvn for the use of
the former douche.
  The period  of the  day  at which these  different douches
(excepting those  for the  eye and ear)  are used,  varies.
They are only to be taken, as an  exception,  fasting, or im-
mediately after SAveating, and never on a  full stomach, nor
oftener than once or twice daily.
  Rather active exercise should be taken after the douche, 
WET  BANDAGES.                  467
until the peculiar sensation of reaction  has totally disap-
peared, or an uncomfortable sensation of cold accompanied
by head-aches, fainting, etc., will  be experienced,  instead
of an agreeable and beneficial glow.  It is, moreover, not
advisable to drink cold water immediately after the douche,
because a rapid  generation of heat is thus impeded, and
inflammations of the stomach and boAvels might be caused.
   The douche, the most powerful stimulant knoAvn in hy-
dropathy, is  always  applicable where excitement is neces-
sary but attention must be paid, in every case, to age, con-
stitution, and to the vital poAvers.   Cases are not unfrequent,
where the nature of the diseases calls for this stimulant to
complete the cure,  but where it must  be avoided in conse-
quence of pregnancy, pulmonic affections,  etc.   No mode
of applying cold Avater is more abused than the douche;
in most  hydropathic  establishments,  even at  the  present
day, this  is, unfortunately,  too  often  the case.   But very
few  experienced hydropathists regard  it  as  a stimulant
requiring caution.  For the most  part, it is looked upon as
a remedy indispensable to every cure, is brought into  use
injudiciously,  and without mature deliberation, and contin-
ued to the  detriment of all organs ;  the beneficial  results,
therefore, which  a judicious use of it would produce, are,
necessarily, oftentimes frustrated.

  12. Local Applications (Umschlage.)   Wet Bandages.
   By these applications, two different effects may be pro-
duced ; viz.,  that of  cooling the part  to  which they are
applied,  or  that  of raising  its temperature.  Where they
are intended as refrigerants or derivatives,  the cloths must
be of a size suited to the part inflamed;  they should  be
folded six or eight times, dipped into very cold water, gently
pressed before application,  and are to  be  renewed  every
four or ten minutes, according to the degree of inflamm a- 
468
HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
tion.  If we can not obtain water sufficiently cold in sum-
mer-time, ice must be added to it until its temperature sinks
to forty-one or forty-four degrees of Fahrenheit.   This low
temperature is especially necessary in dangerous inflamma-
tions of important organs ;  e. g., of the brain.   The band-
ages must then be continued Avithout intermission, day and
night, until danger is  averted.   Neglect  in changing the
wet cloths  (umschl'age) at the proper time, will cause fatal
results.   One  omission of  the change  is  sufficient to frus-
trate their  beneficial operation;  for violent reaction is only
to be subdued by continued cold.
   The Avarming applications of cold water consist of pieces
of linen  folded two or three  times, and  dipped  into cold
water; they must be well pressed out before application, and
not changed until they begin to dry — this is the indica-
tion for their repetition.  This variety of  application  must
be not only well adapted to the part,  but it is to be further
secured against the access  of the air by a dry bandage, in
order that  the  reaction it produces may generate a degree
of heat in the part  covered exceeding the temperature of
the body.  The combined  action of the moisture and heat
thus produced  is that  of a solvent of morbid matter, dis-
persing swellings and indurations, which are thus rendered
more fit for absorption and elimination.  These applications
are not only well adapted  for the removal of tumors, but
may be applied also, with great benefit, in various cases of
affections of the  abdomen.   Their efficacy in  all derange-
ments  of the  digestive organs, and  diseases  of the liver,
etc., is proved.
   The applications to the  abdomen vary somewhat in form
from the former bandages.   A piece of linen,  two yards in
length, and rather more than one foot in breadth, is to be
doubled, sewn together, and furnished with strings, to en-
able us to adapt it closely to the  body, and secure it in its 
APPLICATIONS AROUND THE BODY.            469
situation.   In using the bandage thus arranged, about one
foot of it in length should be Avetted with fresh water, well
wrung out, and applied round the body ;  thus, the wet por-
tion Avill extend once, the dry part  twice round the body.
These abdominal  belts are to  be  worn according to the
urgency of the case, sometimes  for several hours in the day,
or through the whole  night; in some instances, again, for
weeks, both  by day and night.

 13. Applications  round one-half of the body,  or round the
              whole body.   Wet linen sheets.
   For this purpose, the bed must be prepared in the same
 manner as for the process of sweating.   The wet  sheet is
 laid upon the extended blanket, the patient lays himself at
 full length upon the  former, Avhereupon it is folded round
 him, so as to come  in close contact Avith  every portion of
 the  body.   The  patient is  now  to be enveloped in the
 blanket and the bed covering (feather beds.)
   The wet sheets.are of remarkable utility in all febrile
 diseases.  In acute fevers they must be changed according
 to the degree of heat, every quarter or half hour, until the
 dry, hot skin of the patient becomes softer, and more prone
 to perspiration.   When this symptom  is observed, the re-
 newal of the Avet cloths may be delayed for a longer period,
 until perspiration actually ensues.   The patient must then
 remain for several  hours in this state, until  uneasy sensa-
 tions, and other inconveniences, render it  necessary to ex-
 tricate him; but it is more advisable to keep him in the
 loosened  envelopment until perspiration ceases  spontane-
 ously, when a tepid  ablution, or  half-bath, should follow.
 In  acute  eruptions of the  skin, measles, scarlatina, small-
 pox, etc., the wet sheets are not less serviceable, when the
 eruption can not make its way to the surface in consequence
 of the dry state and  heat of the skin, and of the violence 
470            HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
of the fever; or where  the rash has  receded suddenly,
owing to other disturbances.  In both cases, the Avet sheets
are of essential service;  one application of them suffices,
sometimes, to reestablish the eruption.   If the rash fail to
make its appearance after the first or second  envelopment,
cold effusion is to be preferred.   There are  cases in which
the use  of this  remedy may be deemed objectionable, and
a continuance of the wet sheets may appear  more proper;
Ave must, then, examine  the skin carefully before every
change, to see whether the eruption be nearer the surface,
the skin softer,  and the heat abated.   In the  latter  case,
the applications are to be discontinued,  that the reaction of
the skin may not be disturbed.   The Avet sheets, followed
by tepid ablutions, can not be sufficiently recommended in
all diseases of children.   Many severe complications  are
averted, or  relieved, at least, by  them; or,  where this is
not the  case, the disease  itself is brought more speedily to
a favorable  termination.
   The envelopement in wet sheets is not only of great ad-
vantage in acute diseases, but is, also, an admirable remedy
in a variety of chronic  cases,  attended with an irritable,
rough, and  inactive skin, and  in  a multitude of skin-dis-
eases ;  but  in all  those  cases, a  frequent change of  the
sheets is seldom necessary.   In using the envelopment, Ave
generally raise  the temperature of the patient, and  occa-
sionally allow him to  perspire, according to the circum-
stances  of the case.  Determination to the head during the
process  must be removed by cold  applications to that part.
If the  feet  remain cold  for a long time in the wet cloths,
and  show no disposition to become warm, they are to be
extricated and Avrapped in the dry blanket only.

                     14. Sweating.
   In the treatment by water, perspiration is brought about 
SAVEATING.
471
in the  following  manner:   The  patient is  undressed and
laid  upon a woolen coverlet or blanket, extended on the
bed.  A servant wraps first the one  side  of the blanket
round the body of the patient, drawing it close in all direc-
tions ;  grasping now firmly with the one hand the portion
in Avhich the patient is enveloped, he draws, with the  other
hand, the blanket round the patient, and tucks this portion
also closely  under him.   Care  must be  taken that the
coverings be in  close  contact with the body, especially at
the neck, that the heat given off  by the body may be well
retained, and  can not escape.  It is the excess  of caloric
thus confined which induces exhalation from the skin.  In-
dividuals who are to perspire for several hours, and can not
retain  their urine long, may be furnished Avith  an urinal,
placed between the legs at the time of wrapping them up.
The head  may  be  included in the  covering, or enveloped
even in the pillow,  so that the face alone is free, provided
the patients do not suffer from congestions.   The head must
remain uncovered  on the  other  hand, if a disposition  to
congest  be observed.  Slight excitement  of the vessels
before the outbreak of perspiration  generally passes off
spontaneously;  but Avhere this favorable  termination does
not  ensue, a cooling bandage (umschl'age) is to  be laid on
the head of the patient, who must, at  the same time,  drink
a little  cold  Avater.  Warming  applications (umschlage)
are to be Avrapped round all parts affected Avith nodes, gouty
swellings, etc., before enveloping the patient.  The use  of
these auxiliaries is to allay pain, which is  generally more
violent before the appearance of  perspiration, and to excite
a more copious exhalation from the parts to which they are
applied.
   Patients Avho are very restless in the  blanket, and thus
loosen it, should be confined more closely in the encase-
ment by additional cloths and girths, as they would other- 
472
HYGIENE  AND HYDROPATHY.
wise have to remain wrapped up during half a  day or
longer.   Persons thus enveloped being  totally helpless, an
assistant should be always in attendance to open the windoAVS
as soon  as perspiration  ensues, and to administer, every
ten or fifteen minutes, as much cold water as is necessary
to promote perspiration.  The action of the skin must be
kept up uninterruptedly, and the perspiration should  pass
off in form of vapor, or in  drops, as long as the  case re-
quires it.
   The result of this mode  of treatment is pretty  certain,
but the time  necessary for the production of perspiration is
not the  same in all cases; for some individuals perspire
sooner than others.  The season,  and many other  inevita-
ble circumstances, exert, moreover, a considerable influence
on the  skin; thus, some patients,  especially  in summer,
will perspire in a quarter of an  hour, while  others require
three to five  hours for that purpose.   In febrile and inflam-
matory diseases, we frequently can not produce perspiration
in less  than  twelve or twenty-four hours, although we
change  the wet sheets  often,  and resort to other auxiliary
means.
   The best time for exciting perspiration  in chronic cases
is in the early hours of the morning, from  four to five
o'clock at the latest.   In acute  diseases, the time  depends
on the fever itself, or on renewed exacerbations ; it  must be
produced, therefore,  when  required, without reference to
time.  A repetition of the  process twice on the same day,
is only  admissible  and advisable as  an exception.  The
indication for such practice would occur more frequently in
chronic than in acute diseases ;  because in the  latter pers-
piration should be kept until it ceases  spontaneously, or is
interrupted by other circumstances.   Two sweats daily can
only be recommended to the robust, and even these persons
will not be able to endure the protracted sweating required 
SWEATING.
473
in some  few troublesome cases, without injuring the skin
and other important organs.
  We  can not determine a priori how long each  patient
should sweat.  The ordinary duration in chronic cases is
from half an hour to three hours, daily; but moderate per-
spiration is to  be  encouraged for a longer time in acute dis-
eases.   Critical perspiratiou requires the  longest duration,
and should not be disturbed ; we should rather, in this case,
do every thing in our power to aid and promote it,  until it
cease spontaneously.
  When the patient has remained in a state of perspiration
long enough, the  woolen covering should be loosened about
his feet  and legs, to enable  him to walk.  The  attendant
then raises him in bed, and leads him to the place where
he is to bathe or wash.   Sedan chairs, or other contrivances,
will be necessary to convey patients quickly to the bath, in
serious cases.  No danger is to be dreaded from the tran-
sition  from heat  to  cold (as experience in many thousand
cases  has  proved),  if the  necessary precautionary  rules
laid doAvn for  the use of full-baths be duly observed ; for,
in this mode of producing perspiration, important internal
organs are not excited.
   After  the bath, patients  who can walk, or take  other
exercise, must not return to bed ; but should dress quickly,
go into the open air, drink the quantity of water prescribed,
and  afterward take their breakfast.   Those patients, on
the other hand, Avho can take no corporeal exercise, must
be rubbed, after the bath, for some time, the friction  extend-
ing over the  whole surface of the body.   This peculiar
mode  of inducing perspiration is to be brought into use in
all diseases where morbid matter is to be eliminated from
the system, because the  skin,  as daily experience  teaches
us, is  the organ best adapted for  this purpose.  At  the
commencement of the treatment, the perspiration  is clear 
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HYGIENE AND HYDROPATHY.
and aqueous for some  time ;  at a later period it becomes
more viscid, then varies in  color, and assumes a poAverful
odor.   The  urine, at the same time, or later, in the course
of treatment,  assumes  the same  properties in  color  and
odor ; open  sores and the breath participate in this change.
These  symptoms usually make their appearance at differ-
ent intervals, in a  protracted  case.  Critical  excretions
seldom continue Avithout intermission from their first com-
mencement, until all extraneous substances are removed
from the body ; it is true that this phenomenon is observed
sometimes, but it is always a  rare occurrence, and the crit-
ical discharges will not then  unfrequently continue tAvo to
four months.
   There can be no  doubt that  an incalculable  quantity of
morbid matter is  removed from the body in the act of per-
spiring ;  for it is  often  to be  recognized by the  organs of
sense,  by its color and odor during the process.  Most
striking  is, at times,   the odor of  valerian,  turpentine,
iodine, musk, assafcetida, sulphur, and mercury.  The col-
ors observed are, generally,  confined to  red  and yellow  ;
brown and  blue  are less frequently met  with :  the latter
occurs often in the deposits in the urine, Avhich may assume,
also, all other colors. 
III.  MATERIA  MEDICA.
                       1. Aconite.
  Acute local inflammations ;  active,  sanguineous conges-
tions ;  evil consequences of a chill in a dry, cold air;  affec-
tions in consequence of  fright  or  of anger;  measles; ery-
sipelatous  inflammations; inflammatory  fevers, even with
bilious  or nervous  symptoms;  mental  alienations,  Avith
fixed  ideas of approaching  death;  cerebral  congestion,
Avith dizziness;  croup,  first period;  hooping-cough, first
period.
   General  Symptoms. — Shooting  pains,  or  rheumatic,
which are renewed by wine, or other heating articles ; suf-
ferings  which, particularly at night,  seem  insupportable;
attacks  of pain, with thirst  and redness of the  cheeks;
uneasiness, as if in consequence of suppressed perspiration,
or in consequence of a chill.
  Skin. — Skin dry and burning ; scarlet  rash ;  measles;
nettle-rash.
  Sleep. — Sleeplessness from anxiety, with constant agita-
tion and tossing ;  starting in sleep.
  Fever. — Dry, burning heat, with  extreme thirst,  some-
times, especially at the  beginning of the  disease,  preceded
by  shiverings with  trembling;  heat,  chiefly of  the  head
and face, Avith redness of the cheeks, shuddering  over the 
476                materia medica.
entire body;  shivering, for the  short time  that they  may
be uncovered during the heat; pulse  hard, frequent, and
accelerated.
  Moral Spmptoms.— Great agitation and boasting  with
anguish, discouragement  that can not be  consoled, cries,
tears, groans, complaints,  and  reproaches ; apprehensions
and fear of approaching death ;  a great  disposition to be
angry, to be  frightened; alternate paroxysms of laughter
and tears;  inquietude under disease, and  despair respect-
ing a cure ; delirium, chiefly at night.
  Head.—Weight and fullness in the forehead and temples,
with pressing outward, as if every thing Avas going to issue
through them ; congestion  of blood to the head ;  aggrava-
tion of the pains in the  head by movement, by speaking,
by  rising  from  a recumbent position, and by drinking ;
amendment in the open air.
  Eyes.—Eyes red  and  inflamed, with  deep redness of
the vessels, and  intolerable pains.
  Ears. — Buzzing in the ears.
  Nose. — Bleeding from the nose.
  Face. — Red spots on both cheeks.
  Throat. — Pain in the throat, with deep redness of the
parts affected, and difficult deglutition; burning and prick-
ing in the throat, chiefly  when swallowing.
  Stomach. — Sensation of swelling, tension and pressure,
as from a weight in  the pericordial  region and in the
stomach.
  Abdomen. — Tension and pressure in the hypochondriac
region; pressure in the hepatic region;  painful sensitive-
ness of the abdomen to the touch, and to  the  least move-
ment.
  Pieces. — Loose,  Avatery stools ;  white stools, with red
urine. 
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477
   Urine. — Urine scanty, burning, dark  red, and with a
brick-colored sediment.
   Larynx. —A constant desire  to  cough, produced by an
irritation or a tickling in the larynx ;  short and dry cough,
principally  at night;  spitting of blood,  with the cough ;
shootings and pains in the chest when coughing.
   Chest. — Short breathing,  chiefly during sleep, and on
getting up ; breathing difficult,  anxious, and attended with
groans; painful stitches in the  chest, chiefly when breath-
ing, coughing, and moving; stitches in the side ; palpita-
tion of the heart, with great  anxiety.
   Trunk.— Painful stiffness in  the nape of the neck.

                  2. Antimonium  crud.
   Gastric and  bilious sufferings;  gastralgia;  corns  and
 callous indurations in the feet.
   General Symptoms. — Drawing,  darting, and tension,
 principally in the limbs; the symptoms are aggravated in
 the heat of the sun, after having drank wine, after a meal,
 night and morning;  amelioration during  repose  in the
 fresh air ;  great sensibility to cold.
   Head.—Dizziness, with nausea.
   Eyes. —Red, inflamed eyelids ; inflammation of the eyes,
 with  itching and nocturnal  agglutination  of the eyelids ;
 redness in the corners of the eyes.
   Ears. — Deafness,  as if  one  had a band  over his ears.
   Mouth. — Tongue loaded with a white coating.
   Appetite. —Bitter taste ; thirst chiefly in the night; loss
 of appetite.
    Stomach. — Eructations, with taste of  food.
    Abdominal Region. — Inflation  of the abdomen, with a
 sensation of fullness, chiefly after a  meal;  violent, cutting
 pains. 
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MATERIA medica.
   Fceces. — Diarrhea, with cutting pains, generally watery ;
constant secretion of yellowish-white slime from the anus.
   Urine. — When coughing, involuntary emission of urine.
   Larynx. — Sensation as if a foreign substance  were in
the larynx,  with inability to expectorate.
   Trunk.— Rheumatic pains in the nape of the neck.
   Arms. — Rheumatic pains in the arms.
   Legs. — Corns on the soles of the feet, and callous ex-
crescences on the tips of the toes ;  callous excrescence un-
der the nail of the great toe.

                       3. Arnica.
   Affections in consequence of mechanical injuries (falls,
commotion, blows, etc.) ; wounds, principally those inflicted
by blunt instruments;  bites;  excoriation of bed-ridden
patients;  bruises, dislocations, sprains, and fractures ; ac-
cidents resulting  from  a strain; stings of insects; corns,
by an external application of it, after having pared them.
   General  Symptoms. — Pains, as from dislocation ;  faint-
ing fit, with loss  of consciousness, in consequence of me-
chanical injuries; paralytic state, on the left side, in con-
sequence  of apoplexy.
   Skin. — Red, bluish,  and  yellowish  spots, as if  from
contusions.
   Head. — Whirling  giddiness, with  obscuration of  the
eyes, chiefly when getting up, moving the head, or walking.
   Eyes. — Pain like  excoriation in the eyes and eyelids,
with difficulty of  moving them.
   Face.— Face pale and hollow.
   Mouth. — Tongue dry, or loaded with a  white coating ;
putrid smell from the mouth in the morning.
   Stomach. — Vomiting of dark, coagulated blood.
   Abdomen. — Pain, as from contusion in the sides.
   Anus. — Involuntary stools, chiefly in the night. 
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   Urinary  Passages. — Involuntary emission of  urine ;
urine of a brownish red, with brick-colored sediment.
   Respiratory  Organs. — Cough,  with  expectoration of
blood; even without cough, expectoration of  black, coagu-
lated blood  after every corporeal effect.
   Chest.—Respiration  short,  panting, difficult, and anx-
ious ; shootings in the  chest and sides, with difficulty of
respiration,  aggravated  by  coughing, breathing deeply,
and by movement; pain as of a bruise, and of compression
of the chest.
   Trunk. — Pains, as from a bruise, and dislocation in the
back, in the chest, and in the loins.
   Arms.—Pain,  as of dislocation in the  joints of the
arms and hands ; want of  strength in the hands, on seiz-
ing any thing.
   pegS, — Pains,  as if from fatigue  or from dislocation ;
tension in the knee,  as if from  contraction  of the tendons ;
inflammatory, erysipelatous swelling of the feet with pain,
and aggravation of the pain by movement;  hot, painful,
hard, and shining swelling of the great toes.

                      4. Arsenic.
   General Symptoms.— Burning, chiefly in the interior of
the parts  affected, or sharp and drawing  pains;  nocturnal
pains, so  unbearable that they  excite to despair and fury;
aggravation of suffering in the evening in bed, on lying on
the part affected, or during repose ;  mitigation by external
heat and  movement of  the body; want of strength, exces-
sive weakness, and complete asthenia, even to prostration.
   Skin.__Skin  dry as parchment, or cold and bluish;
ulcers with raised and  hard edges ; fetid smell, ichorous
suppuration, ready bleeding, putridity, and bluish or green-
ish color  of the ulcers. 
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  Sleep. — Nocturnal sleeplessness, with agitation and con-
stant tossing.
  Fever.— Coldness over the Avhole body, sometimes with
cold and clammy sweat; pulse irregular, or  quick, weak,
small and frequent, or suppressed and trembling.
  Moral  Symptoms. — Anxiety, inquietude, and  excessive
anguish, principally in the evening in bed.
  Face. — Face pale, hollow, and  cadaverous ; lips bluish
or black, dry and chapped.
  Mouth.— Offensive smell from the mouth ; tongue brown-
ish or blackish, dry, cracked, and trembling ;  ulceration of
the tongue on the anterior edge ; thrush of the mouth.
   Throat. — Inflammation and gangrene of the throat.
  Appefite. — Violent burning, choking, and unquenchable
thirst, with inclination to drink constantly, but little at  a
time ;  want of  appetite.
   Stomach. — Vomitings after drinking and eating; vomit-
ing of mucous, bilious,  or serous matter, of a yelloAvish,
greenish, brownish,  or  blackish  color;  burning internal
heat, diarrhea, and  fear of death; excessive pain in the
epigastrium, chiefly when touched;  insupportable heat
and burning in the pericordial region, and in the stomach.
  Abdominal Region. — Swelling  of  the abdomen, as in
ascites ;  violent cutting pains, cramp-like pains  in the ab-
domen ;  colic, chiefly after eating and drinking,  or in the
night, and often  accompanied with vomiting or diarrhea,
with coldness, internal heat,^or cold sweat.
   Fazces. — Violent diarrhea, of greenish, yellowish, whit-
ish color, or brownish and blackish ; burning in the rec-
tum and in the anus.
   Larynx. — Dry cough, in the evening after lying down,
with a wish to rise ;  also,  after drinking, with difficulty of
respiration. 
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481
   Chest. — Breathing short; difficult, stifling dyspnoea, and
attacks  of suffocation, sometimes with  cold  sweat, spas-
modic constriction of  the chest or of the  larynx, anguish,
great weakness, coldness of the body, pain in the pit  of
the stomach, and paroxysms of cough;  oppression of the
chest Avhen  coughing, when walking, and  when going up
stairs ;  violent and insupportable throbbings of the heart,
chiefly when lying on the back, and especially at night.

                       5.  Aurum.
   Mercurial (and syphilitic)  sufferings;  inflammation and
caries of the bones, chiefly from the abuse of  mercury.
   General  Symptoms. — Hysterical  spasms, sometimes
with alternate tears and laughter.
   Moral Symptoms. — Great anguish, which advances even
as far as a disposition to suicide.
   Head. — Fatigue of the  head from intellectual labor.
   Nose. — Running from the nose,  of a  fetid, greenish-
yellow matter.
   Face. — SAvelling of the  bones  of the forehead, of the
upper jaw and of the nose.             i

                     6. Belladonna.
   Scarlatina;  sleeplessness;  inflammatory  fevers,  Avith
nervous, gastric, or rheumatic affections ;  erysipelas.
   General Symptoms. — The  least contact, and sometimes,
also, the  slightest movement,  aggravates the sufferings ;
dread of every movement,  and of all exertion ; OA'er-excite-
ment, and too great sensibility of all the organs.
   Skin.— Swelling,  with heat and scarlet redness of the
whole body,  or of several  parts,  chiefly the face, the neck,
the abdomen, and the hands;  red hot, and shining swell-
ing of the diseased parts.
   Sleep. — Constant  desire to sleep; nocturnal sleepless-
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482                MATERIA MEDICA.
ness, in consequence of  excessive anguish or great  agita-
tion ;  when  sleeping, frequent  starts, with fright, groans,
cries ; on waking, headache, and aggravation of sufferings.
  Fever. — Dry, burning heat;  pulse strong  and  quick, or
full and slow, or  small and slow, or small and quick,
or hard and tense ; sweat of the parts that are covered only.
  Head.— Fullness, heaviness, and violent pressure on the
head, as if going to burst, with  desire to lie down; dart-
ings into the head, as if from knives; strong pulsation of
the arteries of the head ;  bending the head backward ; bor-
ing with the head into the pillow while sleeping.
  Eyes.— Aching pains  in the  eyes and the sockets, ex-
tending  into  the head; inflammation  of  the eyes, with
injection of the vessels;  dread of light.
  Ears.— Piercing pressure, sharp pain, pinching, squeez-
ing, and shooting in the ears ; swelling of the parotids.
  Face.— Face pale, sometimes suddenly alternating with
red ; burning heat of the face ;  dark, or scarlet,  or  bluish
redness of the face ; swelling of the sub-maxillary glands,
and those of the neck.
  Teeth. — Sharp and drawing  pains, at night  or in  the
evening ; the touch and the open air aggravate the  tooth-
ache.
  Mouth.— Sensation of great dryness,  or  actual and ex-
cessive dryness and choking in the mouth;  tongue red, hot,
shining,  dry, and cracked, or loaded with whitish mucus ;
redness of the  edges of the tongue; paralytic  weakness
of the tongue, with difficult and stammering  speech.
  Throat. — Excoriating, scraping,  and shooting pains in
the throat and in the tonsils, principally when swallowing ;
inflammation and swelling of  the throat,  of the velum pa-
lati, of the uvula,  and  of the tonsils; suppuration  of the
tonsils ; complete inability to  swallow, even the least liquid, 
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483
which frequently is forced out through the nostrils;  sensa-
tion of choking, and spasmodic constriction in the throat.
  Appetite. — Burning, excessive,  and  intolerable  thirst,
often  Avith dread of all drink ;  drinking with trembling
precipitation.
  Stomach. — Spasmodic hiccough.
  Abdominal  Region. — Cramp-like,  contractive and con-
 strictive pains in the abdomen, and especially around  the
navel, with  a sensation as  if the parts were squeezed or
seized Avith the nails;  the pains force one to bend himself,
 and are accompanied by vomiting or  by inflation and  pro-
trusion of  the transverse colon in the form of a  pad ; sore-
 ness of the whole abdomen, as if  every thing  in  it were
 excoriated.
   Urine. — Frequent discharge of  urine, copious, pale,  and
 watery ; difficulty of retention and involuntary emission of
 urine.
   Genital  Organs.—Violent pressure  toward  the  genital
 parts, as if all  were going  to fall downward,  principally
 when walking or sitting upright; menses too copious  and
 too early.
   Larynx. — Loss of voice ; cough, chiefly at night, or in
 the afternoon, in the  evening in  bed, mostly  dry, short,
 and sometimes convulsive;  when  coughing,  cutting in the
 abdomen; the least movement, when in bed at night, re-
 news the cough.
    Chest. — Oppression of the  chest, difficult  respiration,
 dyspnoea,  and short breath, sometimes  with anxiety;  res-
 piration short, anxious, and rapid ;  pressure on the chest.
   Trunk. — Painful  swelling, and stiffness of the neck and
 the nape.

                        7.  Bryonia.
   Rheumatic and arthritic affections, even with inflamma- 
484
MATERIA  MEDICA.
tory fever and swelling; local inflammations ;  inflammatory
fevers, with nervous, gastric, or bilious affection, and strong
excitement of the sanguineous and nervous system ; typhoid
fevers, in the inflammatory period.
   General  Symptoms. — Tension,  draAving pains, acute
draAvings, and stinging, especially in the limbs, and chiefly
during movement, Avith insupportable pains on being touched;
red, shining swelling of some parts of the body; aggrava-
tion of the pains and sufferings, at night and from move-
ment ; amelioration during repose;  desire  to  remain in a
recumbent posture.
   Sleep. — Restlessness, especially before midnight, caused
by heat, agitation of blood, and anxiety ;  sleep, disturbed
by thirst, with bitter taste in the mouth Avhen waking;  in-
ability to remain lying on the right side.
   Fever. — Cold and shivering  of  the body, even in bed,
accompanied by  pains in  all  the  limbs; shiverings; with
trembling, often with heat in the head, redness of the face,
and thirst; before the  shiverings,  vertigo  and  headache;
universal dry heat, external and internal, almost  always
Avith a great desire for cold drinks.
   Moral Symptoms. — Irascibility  and passion ; delirium,
with ravings  about the transactions of the day.
   Head.— Great fullness and heaviness of the head,  with
raking pressure toward the forehead, and when stooping, a
sensation as if every thing were going to fall out  through
the forehead; headache,  aggravated by movement.
   Nose. — Swelling of the nose ; frequent bleeding of the
nose, sometimes in the morning, or  when  the menses are
suppressed, or even when sleeping.
   Face. — Face red and burning;  swelling  of the  face,
sometimes on one side only, or under the eyes, and at the
root af the nose ;  lips swollen and cracked, with bleeding.
   Teeth. — Toothache, with  desire to  lie  down; mitigated 
BRYONIA.
485
by lying on the parts affected ;  jerking, drawing toothache,
with a sensation as if the teeth Avere too  long or loose.
   Mouth. — Dryness of the mouth, with burning thirst;
tongue dry, loaded with a  white, dirty, or yellow coating.
   Throat. — Sensation of dryness, and great dryness in the
throat.
   Appetite.— Bitter taste in the morning; repugnance  and
disgust for food.
   Stomach.— Nausea and  desire to vomit, especially after
eating; Aromiting as  soon as one has drank, and especially
on drinking after a meal ;  shootings in the stomach during
movement; burning in the pit  of the stomach.
   Abdominal Region. — Pains  in the  liver, when touched,
on breathing  or coughing; cramp-like  pains, or cuttings
and shootings  in the  abdomen.
   Fozces. — Constipation ;  diarrhea in the summer.
   Urine. — Urine scanty, reddish, broAvnish, and hot.
   Genital Organs. — Menses suppressed ; metrorrhagia of
a deep red blood, with pain in  the loins and  in the  head ;
swelling of  the labium, with a  black  and hard pustule.
   Larynx. — Cough, mostly dry, excited by a tickling in
the  throat; cramp-like,  suffocating cough,  after  having
eaten or drank, and often with vomiting of food ; cough,
Avith stinging in the sides of the chest, or with aching pains
in the head, as if it were going to split; cough, with ex-
pectoration of mucus of a  dirty-reddish color.
   Chest. — Respiration impeded by stinging in the chest;
stingings in the chest  and in the sides,  especially when
coughing or breathing deeply,  allowing one to lie only on
the back,  and  aggravated by any  movement  whateA'er;
heat and burning pain in the chest, with  anxiety and tight-
ness ; beatings of the heart, frequently very  violent, Avith
oppression.
   Trunk.— Pain in  the loins, like a painful weight; shoot- 
486                MATERIA MEDICA.
ings in the loins and in the back, aggravated by cough and
respiration ; rheumatic heaviness and tension  in  the  nape
of the neck, and in the neck.
  Arms. — Tractive pains in the joints  of the  shoulders
and the arms, with tension, stinging, and shining,  red  swel-
ling ; pain of dislocation in the joints of the hands on mov-
ing them.
  Legs. — Drawing  pains in the thighs;  swelling of the
legs, extending to the feet;  pain as of dislocation, in the
foot when Avalking.

                8.  Calcarea  Carbonica.
  Muscular weakness, difficulty of learning to walk, atro-
phy, and other  sufferings of scrofulous children ; rickety
affections ; polypus ;  fistulous ulcers ;  delirium  tremens ;
difficult dentition in children, with convulsions.
  General Symptoms. — Agitation of blood, mostly  in
plethoric individuals, often in  the head and in the chest;
epileptic convulsions, with cries;  the symptoms are aggra-
vated after Avashing and laboring in the water, in  the  even-
ing, after a meal, and every second day.
  Skin. — Nettle-rash,  chiefly disappearing in  the  fresh
air ;  swelling and induration of the glands, with or without
pain.
  Sleep. — Restlessness  from flow  of ideas, or  in conse-
quence  of frightful  images, which appear as  soon as the
eyes are shut;  dreams, frequent, vivid, anxious,  fantastic,
frightful.
  Fever. — Excessive internal coldness;  frequent attacks
of transient heat, with anguish and beating  of the  heart.
  Moral Symptoms. — Melancholy and disposition to weep
and to be frightened.
  Head. — Piercing in the forehead, as if the head  were
going to burst, hammering pains in the head after a walk in 
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487
the open air; icy coldness in and on the  head ; falling off
of the hair: tumors in the hairy scalp.
  Eyes. — Ulcers, spots, and  opacity  of cornea; red and
thick sAvelling of the eyelids.
  Ears. — Purulent discharge from the  ears ; polypus  in
the ears ; cracking in the ears, Avhen swallowing and chew-
ing ; hardness of hearing;  inflammatory  swelling  of the
parotids.
   Face. — Swelling of the upper lip;  painful swelling  of
the sub-maxillary glands.
   Stomach. — Regurgitation of sour substances ; sour vom-
itings.
   Abdominal  Region. — Swelling  and induration  of  the
mesenteric glands; enlargement and hardness of the  ab-
domen.
   Fozces. — Evacuations like clay ;  diarrhea  during denti-
tion, of a sour smell, fetid,  or yellowish, in infants.
   Genital Organs. — Menses premature and too copious.
   Larynx. — Cough at night, violent  and dry,  sometimes
even spasmodic.
   Chest. — Pain as from excoriation in the chest, especially
on breathing and being touched ; palpitation  of the heart.
   Trunk. — Hard and painful swelling of the glands of the
neck.
   Arms. — Drawing pains in the arms, also at night; boils
on the hands and the fingers.
   Legs. — Drawing lancinations, or cutting, acute pains in
them ;  swelling of the knees ;  corns on the feet, with burn-
ing pain as of excoriation.

                      9. Camphor.
   General Symptoms. — Convulsions and cramps ; tetanus;
attacks of epilepsy, with rattling  in  the  throat, red  and
puffed face, convulsive movements  of  the  limbs  and even 
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MATERIA  MEDICA.
 of the tongue, eyes, and muscles of the face, Avith hot and
 clammy perspiration on the hairy scalp and forehead ;  after
 the fit, droAvsy sleepiness ;  sinking of all strength ;  fainting
 fits ;  the majority of the symptoms appear during  motion,
 or else at night, or are aggravated  by cold,  the  open air,
 and touch ;  often disappear as soon as attention is called to
 them.
   Skin. — Skin bluish and cold.
   Fever. — Coldness  over the  Avhole body,  Avith deadly
 paleness of  face.
   Head. — Congestion of  the  head; inflammation of the
 brain; spasms Avhich  draAv the head to one side.
   Stomach. —'Vomiting and diarrhea, Avith failing strength;
 sensation of burning and heat in the stomach.
   Abdominal Region. — Cramps in the abdomen.
   Urine. — Retention of urine.
   Genital Organs. — Absence of sexual desire ; impotence;
   Trunk. — Cramps in the calves of the legs.

                     10. Cantharis.
   General  Symptoms. — Burning pains, as if from exco-
riation, in all the cavities of the body ; the sufferings show
themselves chiefly on  the right side,  and are mitigated in a
recumbent posture ; erysipelatous inflammations.
   Moral Symptoms. — Anxious inquietude, with  agitation
Avhich forces one to keep constantly in motion.
   Teeth. — Ulceration of the gums.
   Mouth. — Aphthce in the mouth.
   Throat. — Sore throat,  Avith  burning  in the throat in
SAvalloAving ; inflammation and ulceration of the tonsils and
the throat, aggravated by drinking water.
   Urine.—Urgent and ineffectual effort to  make  water,
with painful emission, drop by  drop;  burning smarting on
making water; sharp, tearing, and  cutting pains, succes- 
            CAPSICUM.--CARBO VEGETABILLIS.         489

 sive pullings and pulsations in the urinary organs ;  inflam-
 mation and ulceration of the kidneys, of the vesica and of
 the urethra.
   Genital  Organs.'—Draggings in the  spermatic  chord
 when  making water; inflammation and gangrene of the
 genital parts;  sexual  desire greatly increased, with  erec-
 tions painful,  frequent, and of long continuance.
   Larynx. — Inflammation of the larynx.
   Chest. — Shootings in the chest and in the sides ; burn-
 ing pains in the chest.

                      11. Capsicum.
   General  Symptoms. — Repugnance to movement; the
 symptoms show themselves chiefly in the evening  and at
 night, and are aggravated by the open air, contact and
 cold, as well as by beginning to move ; great sensibility to
 fresh air, and to a current of air.
   Fever. — Cold and shivering every time after drinking.
   Head. — Headache, as if the cranium Avere going to
 burst, when Avalking or  moving the  head ;  attack  of one-
 sided headache, pressive and shooting.
   Face. — Redness of the face ;  dull pressure on the cheek-
 bone.
   Throat. — Burning blisters in the mouth  and  on the
 tongue; sore throat, Avith painful deglutition and drawing
 in the  pharynx.
   Larynx. — Hoarseness ; cough  more violent in the even-
 ing and at night, with pressure in the throat and ears.
   Trunk  and Extremities.— Acute drawing pains  in the
 bones.

                12.  Carbo Vegetabilis.
   Evil effects  from the abuse of mercury, or of cinchona ;
sufferings caused by warm and damp weather; sensibility
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MATERIA  MEDICA.
to changes of weather;  intermittent fevers,  even those
which the abuse of cinchona has rendered  obstinate ; Asi-
atic cholera, Avith total absence of pulse.
   General Symptoms. — Burning pains  in the  limbs  and
in the back ;  the majority of symptoms appear while walk-
ing in the open air;  soreness of all the limbs, especially in
the morning, when one has just risen ; sudden prostration
of the physical powers ; liability to take  cold.
   Fever. — Shivering and coldness in the body ; cold sweat
on the limbs and face.
   Moral Symptoms. — Inquietude and  anxiety, especially
in the evening.
   Head. — Heaviness of the head.
   Nose. — Violent coryza, with hoarseness and raucity of
the chest.
   Teeth. — Opening, retraction, excoriation, and ulceration
of the gums ;  bleeding of the  teeth and gums.
  Mouth. — Dryness, or accumulation of  water in  the
mouth.
   Throat. — Scraping and burning pain in  the  throat, the
palate, and the gullet.
   Appetite. —Salt taste in the  mouth and of food ; after  a
meal, great inflation  of the abdomen.
   Stomach. — Rising of fat food ;  sour risings, after a meal.
   Fceces. — Evacuations liquid, pale, or mucous ; involun-
tary evacuation.
   Urine. — Diminution of the secretion of  urine.
   Larynx. — In the morning and in the evening, hoarse-
ness,  aggravated by prolonged conversation, and chiefly in
cold and damp weather.
   Chest. — Dyspnoea on Avalking ; pain as from excoriation
of the chest.
   Trunk.—Rheumatic, drawing  pains, acute pulling  and 
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shootings in the back, the nape of the neck, and the mus-
cles of the neck.
  Arms. — Pullings and acute drawing  pains  in the fore-
arms, the wrist, and the fingers :  paralytic weakness of the
wrists and of the fingers.
  Legs. — Drawing and paralytic pain in the legs ;  cramps
in the legs and in the soles of the feet.

                    13.  Causticum.
  Paralysis, especially  that which manifests itself only on
one side, or that which  is the result of a suppression of
some morbid secretion,  or of some eruption, such as sca-
bies, etc.
  Eyes. — Sight confused, as if a gauze or mist were  be-
fore it; darkness, which seems to dance before  the eyes ;
lights and sparks before the eyes.
  Nose. — Eruption on  the point of the nose ; fluent coryza
with nocturnal  cough, rough hoarseness, and headache.
  Throat. — Accumulation of mucus in the throat, and be-
hind the palate, with expectoration by hawking and gag-
ging.
  Stomach. — Aching,  squeezing as if from  claws, with
constriction and cramp-like pains  in the stomach and the
epigastrium.
  Faeces. — Chronic constipation ; itching in the anus.
   Urine. — Involuntary emission  of urine, day and night,
even Avhen coughing, when sneezing, and when walking.
   Larynx. — Rough  hoarseness,  morning  and evening;
cough dry, hollow, shaking, with sensation of burning
and pain as from excoriation of the chest.
  Chest. — Palpitation  of the heart;  oppression  of  the
heart,  with melancholy; stitches  in the  heart.
  Trunk.   Painful stiffness  in  the back, especially  on
rising from the chair. 
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   Arms. — Contraction and induration of the tendons of
the fingers.
   Legs. — Tensive stiffness in the joints of the legs and of
the feet.

                     14.  Chamomile.
   Different affections  of  AAromen and of  children, chiefly
lying-in Avomen and  new-born  infants;  bad effects  from
the abuse  ef coffee and  of narcotic palliatives; suffering
in consequence of a chill; affections  arising from sudden
grief  or a fit of passion ;  convulsive and spasmodic attacks ;
excoriation of the skin; disposition for every wound to
ulcerate ;  bilious and gastric affections ; excoriation of  the
nipples;  erysipelas on the breasts; catarrhal cough, with
hoarseness, chiefly in children.
   General Symptoms.— Rheumatic, drawing pains, chiefly
at night it  bed ;  pains with thirst, heat and redness of one
of the cheeks;  over-excitement, and  excessive  sensibility
of the nervous system, with great sensibility to pain.
   Sleep. — Nocturnal sleeplessness ; Avhen sleeping, starts
with fright, cries,  tossing, tears, talking.
   Fever.— Burning heat and redness  (often only in one)
of the cheeks, chiefly at night, Avith groaning, tossing.
   Moral Symptoms.— Disposition to weep and to be angry,
with great  sensibility to offense ;  quarrelsome and choleric
humor.
   Head. — Headache on Avaking in the morning, or while
asleep.
   Eyes. — Eyes inflamed and  red, with pressive pains,
chiefly on moving the eyes and on shaking the head ; blear-
edness in the eyes and noctural agglutination.
   Ears. — Shootings extending into the ears, with  disposi-
tion to be angry  at trifles ; buzzing in the ears ; inflamma- 
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tory sAvelling of the parotids, as well as  of the  sub-maxil-
lary glands and of those of the neck.
  Face.— Face hot, red, burning, or redness and heat of
one cheek, Avith coldness and paleness of the other.
  Teeth. — Tooth-ache, mostly of one side, and chiefly at
night,  in  the heat of the  bed, with insupportable  pains
Avhich almost drive one to  despair, frequently after eating
any thing hot  (or  cold), and  chiefly after  having taken
coffee.
  Throat. — Sore throat; deep redness of the parts affected.
  Appetite. — Bitter taste in the mouth and  of food;  ex-
cessive thirst for cold drinks.
  Stomach. — Bitter, bilious vomiting.
  Abdominal Region. — Flatulent colic, with inflation of the
abdomen;  excessively  painful  colic, pullings and  cuttings
in the  abdomen.
  Anus and Fazces. — Diarrhea,  at  night,  with  slimy or
greenish faeces, or mucus.
   Urine. — Menstrual  colic, before  the catemenia ; pres-
sure toAvard the uterus, as  if from the pains of child-birth ;
metrorrhagia, with discharge  of deep-red  blood and of
clots, and accompanied Avith labor-pains.
  Larynx. — Dry cough, produced by a constant titillation
in the  larynx ;  anger excites cough (in children.)
   Chest. — Attacks of  flatulent asthma, with anxiety  and
fullness in the  pericordial region.
  Legs. — Cramps in the calves of the legs, chiefly at night.

                15. China. — Cinchona.
  General Symptoms. — Pains and sufferings, excited or
aggravated  by  touch, at night, or after  a meal ; great gen-
eral weakness, with trembling; great tendency to  perspi-
ration  when moving and sleeping.
  Skin. — Yellow color of the skin. 
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materia medica.
   Sleep. — Painful,  frightful  dreams, which continue  to
produce agitation after waking.
   Fever. — Shiverings, Avith shuddering, or feverish  trem-
bling, commonly without thirst; the thirst generally takes
place only before or after the shiverings ;  easy perspiration
during sleep ; nocturnal debilitating sAveats.
   Moral  Symptoms. — Hypochondriacal  dejection; exces-
sive irascibility, with pusillanimity.
   Head. — Headache as if from suppressed  coryza; pain
as from a bruise in  the  brain; pressive  headache;  acute
jerking or pressive pains in the head ; headache as if the
head were going to burst;  congestion to  the  head ;  sensi-
bility of the exterior of the head, and even of the roots of
the hair, Avhen touched.
   Eyes. — Sparkling, black,  dancing spots,  and obscura-
tion before the eyes.
   Nose. — Bleeding  of the nose and of the mouth.
   Face. — Complexion  pale,  earth-like,  sometimes  of  a
blackish yellow.
   Teeth. — Dull and distressing pains in the carious teeth.
   Mouth. — Tongue with a yellow or white coating.
   Appetite.— Bitter taste of food and drink ; desire  for  a
variety of food, and for dainties, without  knowing  exactly
which ; great weakness of digestion.
   Stomach. — Eructations,  with taste of food; pressure in
the stomach,  with cramp-like pains, especially after having
eaten.
   Abdominal Region. — Hardness and swelling of the liver ;
swelling and hardness of the spleen ;  piercing in the spleen ;
dropsical swelling of the abdomen, with  asthmatic suffer-
ings and fatiguing cough.
   Fozces. — Slimy, watery, yellowish diarrhea ;  loose evac-
uations, with excretion of undigested food ; loose  evacua- 
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tions, chiefly after a meal or at night; crawling in the anus,
as if from worms.
   Urine.—Urine deep-colored,  with sediment like brick-
dust.
   Genital Organs. — Congestion to the uterus ; leucorrhea,
with cramp-like contraction.
   Larynx. — Violent,  convulsive  cough, sometimes  even
with  inclination   to  vomit;  cough,  with  expectoration
streaked with blood.
   Chest. — Shooting  in  the  chest, when  coughing  and
breathing j stitches in the side ;  violent  congestion to the
chest.
   Arms. — Paralytic, jerking, tearings in the muscles  and
bones of the upper and lower  extremities, excited by touch.

                        16. Cina.
   Scrofulous affections ;  acute hydrocephalus of children ;
wetting the bed ;  hooping-cough ;  chiefly in scrofulous chil-
dren or in those suffering from worms.
   General Symptoms.— Convulsions and distortion of the
limbs;  epileptic convulsions, with  cries, turning on the
back, and violent movements of the hands  and feet; ex-
ternal pressure aggravates or  renews the sufferings.
   Sleep. — Nocturnal sleeplessness, with agitation, tears,
cries, heat and anguish.
   Moral Symptoms. — Child cries when  it is touched.
   Eyes.— Pupils dilated.
   Nose. — Desire to put the fingers into the nose; stoppage
of the nose.
   Teeth. — Grinding of the teeth.
   Appetite. — Hunger a short time after  a meal.
   Fozces. — Loose evacuations,  of the consistence of pap ;
discharge of  ascarides and of worms by the  anus; loose,
involuntary, whitish evacuations. 
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MATERIA  medica.
   Urine. — Wetting the bed ; urine soon becomes turbid.
   Larynx.— Cough, Avith sudden starts and loss of con-
 sciousness.
   Extremities. — Contraction and jerking of the hand  and
 of the fingers; cramp-like extension of the legs.

                     17.  Cocculus.
   General Symptoms. — Semi-lateral sufferings ; aggrava-
 tion of the  sufferings  from  sleep, conversation, drinking
 and eating, especially from coffee or smoking tobacco.
   Head.—Vertigo, as if from intoxication, or Avhen  rising
 up in the bed, Avith desire to vomit, Avhich forces one to lie
 down again; pain in the head, Avhich is, as it were, empty
 and  hollow.
   Appetite. — ExcessiAre loathing of all food and drink.
   Stomach. — Attacks  of nausea  unto  fainting;  vomiting
 and  nausea  from the motion of a carriage,  or on the sea ;
 violent, cramp-like, and squeezing pains, as if from a claw,
 and  cramps in the stomach,  sometimes a short time after a
 meal;   pinchings in the  epigastrium,  with  difficulty  of
 respiration.
   Abdominal, Region. — Sensation in the abdomen, as if  it
 were holloAv and empty ; contractive pinchings in the lower
 part of the abdomen ; flatulent, cramp-like colic, especially
 at night, aggravated by coughing, or by stooping forward ;
 disposition to protrusion of inguinal hernia.
   Fozces and Urine. — Hard and difficult evacuations ; fre-
 quent desire to make AVater, also in pregnant women.
   Genital  Organs. — Premature catamenia, with cramps in
the abdomen.
   Chest. — Cramps in the  chest;  rattling, and sensation of
emptiness in the  chest.
  Arms. — Paralysis of the arms and lower limbs. 
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                      18. Coffea.
  Excessive nervous excitability ;  excessively painful neu-
ralgia ;  sleeplessness from nervous excitement; evil conse-
quences of unexpected or excessive joy.
  General Symptoms. — Painful   susceptibility  of parts
affected;  mental  and physical excitability;  sleeplessness
from excitement of the imagination, flow of ideas, and fan-
tastic visions ;  desire to  lie  down  and to shut the eyes,
without being able to sleep.
  Head and Throat. — Pains in the head, as if the brain
were bruised ; sore throat, Avith great and painful sensibility.
  Stomach and Fozces. — Cramps in the  stomach ; abdom-
inal  pains, which  even  drive one  to  despair, especially in
women ; diarrhea, also, during  teething.

                     19.  Colchicum.
  Rheumatic and arthritic affections ;  dropsical affections;
dysentery.
  General Symptoms. — Rheumatic  and arthritic tearing
in the limbs,  especially in warm  weather; the sufferings
are aggravated by intellectual fatigue, by touch, too brill-
iant a light, and from the commencement of  the  night till
morning.
  Stomach. — Nausea, even to  syncope, from  the smell of
fresh eggs or fat meat; sensation of coldness  or of burning
in the stomach.
  Abdominal Region. — Dropsical  swelling  of  the  abdo-
men.
  Fozces. — Dysenteric diarrhea of white, transparent, gel-
atinous mucus ;  discharge of much slime from the rectum ;
prolapsus recti.
  Urine. — Scanty discharge of urine of a deep color, with
tenesmus  and burning. 
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MATERIA  MEDICA.
  Arms. — Tearings in the upper and loAver extremities.
  Legs. — Hot  swelling of the legs; tingling of the toes,
as if they had been frozen.

                   20. COLOCYNTHIS.
  Evil effects from mental emotions, with indignation and
mortification.
  General  Symptoms. — Painful cramps  and cramp-like
contractions, in the internal or external parts.
  Skin. — Troublesome itching, Avith great restlessness in
the whole body, especially in the evening in bed, followed
by perspiration.
  Head. — Attacks of semi-lateral headache.
  Stomach.— Colic and diarrhea, however little is eaten.
  Abdominal Region. — Inflammation  of the  abdomen, as
if from tympanitis ; cramp-like pain and  constriction in the
intestines, especially after a fit of passion ;  excessively vio-
lent colic,  with cutting, cramp-like, or  contractive pains,
which compel one to bend double, with  restlessness in the
whole body, and with a sensation of shuddering in the face,
which seems to  proceed from  the abdomen; coffee  and
tobacco-smoke  diminish the colic.
  Fozces. — Loose evacuations of a greenish yelloAV ;  dys-
enterical evacuations, Avith colic.
   Urine. — Diminished secretion of urine.

                      21. Conium.
  Affections  of  old  men;  inveterate  affections resulting
from contusion,  principally in  the glands ; tetters ;  scir-
rhous indurations and  cancerous  ulcers, especially Avhen
caused by contusion;  cataract, caused by  a blow;  cancer
in the lips; asthma, especially in old men.
  General Symptoms. — Pains, as from  fatigue,  in the
limbs and joints, when in a state of repose ; the symptoms 
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appear during repose, and by any movement;  sensation of
fatigue, especially early in the  morning in bed;  want of
energy and nervous debility ; great fatigue and  other suf-
ferings, from walking in the open air.
  Skin. — Nettle-rash,  in  consequence of violent bodily
exercise ;  broAvn or red  itching spots over the whole body,
which  disappear and return.
  Fever. — Slow fever, with total want of appetite; pulse
irregular; nocturnal sweat.
  Moral Symptoms. — Ill-humor and moroseness.
  Head. — Vertigo on rising, on looking behind.
  Eyes. — Obscuration of the sight; black spots and col-
ored bands before the eyes in a room.
  Face. — Cancerous ulcer on the lip.
   Genital Organs. — Swelling of the testes.
  Larynx. — Dry, convulsive cough;  cough like  hooping
cough, with  sanguineous  expectoration, or in violent fits,
during the night.
   Chest. — Short  respiration when walking ;  difficulty of
respiration,  also in the morning  on waking.
  Arms.—Shoulders painful,  as if they had been bruised
and excoriated.
  Legs. — Weariness of the knees;  coldness and strong
disposition to chilliness  of the feet.

                      22. Crocus.
   General Symptoms. — Discharge of black,  slimy blood,
from different organs ; striking alternation of  the  most op-
posite  physical and mental symptoms.
  Moral  Symptoms.—  Strong tendency to  sadness, some-
times  alternately  Avith  great  gaiety and  joyous humour;
severity and mildness of character alternating.
   Throat. — Sore  throat, as if caused by elongation of the 
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palate, or as if there were a plug in the throat,  during
deglution, and at other times.
  Abdominal Region. — Movements in the abdomen, as if
from something alive.
  Fceces. — Metrorrhagia of black and slimy blood.
   Chest. — Movements, as  if something alive were  in the
chest.
  Arms. — Chilblains in the hands, and on the toes.

                     23.  Cuprum.
  Spasmodic  affections  and  convulsions;  encephalitis;
Asiatic cholera; hooping-cough ;  spasmodic asthma.
  General Symptoms. — Tonic spasms, with loss of con-
sciousness, throAving  of the head backward;  the convul-
sions  generally  begin in  the  fingers  and in  the toes;
convulsive startings at night Avhen  sleeping; violent con-
vulsions,  with great  display of strength; symptoms Avhich
appear periodically, and in groups.
  Head. — Whirling vertigo, as if the head Avere going to
fall forAvard ; stupifying depression in the head, with crawl-
ings in the vertex; pains  in the  occiput and nape  of the
neck, on  moving the head.
  Eyes. — Convulsions and restless movements of the eyes.
  Face. — Spasmodic distortion of the face ; lips bluish.
  Teeth and Mouth. — Foam in the mouth.
  Stomach. — Violent vomitings, with cramps in the abdo-
men, aggravated by touch and by movement.
  Abdominal Region. — Spasmodic colic.
  Fozces. — Violent diarrhea.
   Chest. — Respiration accelerated ; short,  difficult respira-
tion, Avith spasmodic  cough and rattling in the chest;  suf-
focating fits;  cramps in  the  chest,  which interrupt the
respiration and the voice.
  Trunk and Arms.—Cramps of the fingers and of the toes. 
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                     24. Drosera.
  Catarrh  and hoarseness; hooping-cough; affections of
the respiratory organs, in consequence of croup.
  Larynx. — Crawling in the larynx, which excites a short
cough and shootings as far as the throat;  sensation of dry-
ness or roughness,  and of scraping in the bottom of the
gullet, with inclination to cough ; hoarseness and very low
voice ; dry, spasmodic cough, with  inclination  to  vomit;
fatiguing  cough,  like hooping-cough, Avith bluish face,
wheezing respiration, attacks of  suffocation, bleeding from
the nose and  mouth, and anxiety; vomiting of food  dur-
ing the cough and afterward.
   Chest. — Difficulty of  respiration  when  coughing  or
speaking.

                    25.  Dulcamara.
  Affections,  in  consequence  of taking cold in general;
tetters of different kinds ; nettle-rash.
  General Symptoms. — Aggravation of sufferings, chiefly
in the evening or at night, and during repose mitigated by
movement;  swelling and  induration of the glands; drop-
sical swelling of the Avhole body, limbs, and face.
   Skin. — Dry furfuraceous, humid, scaling, or suppura-
ting tetters ;  redish tetters, bleeding after being scratched,
with painful sensibility to the touch, and to cold water.
  Fozces. — Diarrhea, as if after a chill,  of greenish or
brownish mucus ; nocturnal, watery diarrhea with colic.
  Larynx. — Catarrh and hoarseness,  as  if from  having
taken cold ; moist cough.
  Arms. — Tettery eruption on the hands.

                     26.  Euphrasia.
Catarrhal ophthalmia. 
502                materia medica.
  Eyes. — Inflammation of  the eyelids,  with headache;
abundant Aoav of corrosive tears.
  Nose. — Violent floAving of coryza, with abundant secre-
tion of mucus, excessive confusion of the head, and  corro-
sive tears in the eyes.
   Chest. — Cough in the morning, with flowing coryza, and
abundant expectoration of mucus.

                      27. Ferrum.
  Congestion of blood and  hemorrhagia;  diarrhea, espe-
cially in children; ascarides.
   General  Symptoms. —  Dropsical swellings, with  shoot-
ing pains; the symptoms manifest themselves at night, are
aggravated by being seated, and mitigated by gentle move-
ment ; great lassitude and general weakness.
   Sleep. — Excessive  and drowsy fatigue, with  agitated
sleep  at night.
  Moral Symptoms. — Anxiety, with beatings in  the  epi-
gastrium ; gayety, alternating with sadness.
  Head. — Periodical hammering, and pulsative headache ;
congestion of the head.
  Face and  Throat. — Fiery redness of  the face ; lips pale ;
spitting of blood.
   Stomach. — Vomiting of  food,  especially at night, or
immediately after a meal; pressure in the  stomach, espe-
cially after eating meat.
  Fozces. —  Aqueous and acrid diarrhea; undigested faeces.
   Genital Parts. — Metrorrhagia ;  abortion ; milk-like and
acrid  leucorrhea.
   Larynx. — Spasmodic cough, ceasing immediately after
a meal; cough after a meal, with vomiting of food.
   Chest. —Difficulty of respiration ; palpitation of the heart.

                    28.  Graphites.
  Tetters of several kinds especially on the face ; wens. ; 
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503
  General Symptoms. — Great disposition to take  cold,
and fear of the open air and of currents of air.
  Skin. — Tetters, and other humid or scabby eruptions,
sometimes Avith secretion of corrosive serum, or with itch-
ing in the evening and  at night; unhealthy skin, every
injury tends to ulceration ; deformity and thickness of  the
nails.
  Eyes. — Inflammation of the eyes, injection of the veins,
swelling and  abundant mucous secretion from the eyelids.
  Ears. — Dryness of the internal ear; scabs, tetters, run-
ning and excoriation behind the ears ; hardness of hearing-
mitigated by the motion of  a carriage.
  Nose. — Dry  scabs on  the nose;  nostrils  excoriated,
cracked, and ulcerated ; fetid smell from the nose.
  Face. — Flushes of heat  in the  face ;  erysipelatous  in-
flammation and swelling  of the  face, with  eruption of
vesicles ;  one-sided paralysis and distortion of the muscles
of the face, with difficult articulation; ulcers on the inter-
nal surface of the lips; scabby eruption on the  chin and
around the mouth.
  Throat.— Sore throat, even at night, as if there were a
plug within it.
  Appetite—.  Weakness of digestion;  inflation of the  ab-
domen after a meal.
  Abdominal  Region. — Immoderate expulsion  of  fetid
wind, preceded by pinchings.
  Fozces. — Obstinate constipation, with hard faeces ;  large
hemorrhoidal excrescences in the anus.
   Urine. — Wetting the bed.
  Menses. — Suppression of menses; in place of menses,
flow of  blood  from the  anus.
  Arms. — Arthritic nodosities on the fingers ; tettery  ex-
coriation  between the  fingers ; thickness of the nails of
the fingers. 
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  Legs.—Tetters on the thighs, hams, and tibia;  cold feet,
even in the evening in  bed ;  tettery excoriation  between
the toes ; thickness and deformity of the toe-nails.

                   29. Helleborus.
   Dropsical affections, especially some kinds  of  anasarca,
and chiefly those Avhich proceed from the  repercussion of
eruptions, such as measles ;  scald-head, with obstruction
of the glands of the neck ;  acute hydrocephalus.
   General Symptoms. — Convulsions.
   Sleep. — Sleepiness,  with eyes  half  open and pupils
turned upward.
   Moral Symptoms. — Dullness of the internal senses.
   Head. — Stupefying pain and sensation of a bruise in the
head ;  painful heaviness of  the head ; disposition to bury
the head in the pillow, when sleeping.
   Fozces.— Watery and frequent evacuations.
   Chest.—Difficult respiration,  as  if from hydrothorax;
constriction of the chest.

                30.  Hepar  Sulphuris.
   Evil consequences of the abuse of mercury; scrofulous
affections;  icterus ;  scald-head;  eruptions  and tetters on
the face ; scrofulous catarrhal ophthalmia; ulcers on the
cornea.
   General Symptoms. — Pains as  from  excoriation or  a
bruise on different  parts when touched;  swelling, inflam-
mation, and ulceration of the glands; aggravation  of the
pains at night.
   Skin. — Eruption of  pimples and tubercles, painful when
touched ; unhealthy skin, every injury tends to ulceration ;
suppurations.
   Sleep. — Jerking at night, as if from want  of air. 
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505
  Fever. — Dry heat at night; great disposition  to  per-
spire in the day-time.
  Head. — Pain in the head, as if a nail were  driven  into
it;  pain, as from ulceration in the head,  directly above the
eyes ; tuberosities on the head, with pain as  from excoria-
tion when touched.
  Eyes. — Stinging in the eyes ; inflammation  of the  eyes
and eyelids, with pain  as  from a bruise  and excoriation
when touched ; specks and ulcers on the cornea ; spasmodic
closing of the eyelids.
  Ears. — Heat,  redness, and itching in  the  ears ; scabs
behind and on the ears.
  Nose. — Pain as from a bruise and excoriation in the  nose
when touched.
  Face. — Face burning and of a  deep red ; erysipelatous
inflammation and swelling of the face ; pains in the bones
of the face Avhen touched.
  Teeth. — Toothache,  with jerking  and drawing  pains,
aggravated by closing the teeth, by eating, and in a hot room;
swelling and inflammation of the gums, which are painful
to the touch.
  Mouth. — Salivation ; sore throat, as if there were a plug
in it.
  Appetite. — Desire only for acid or pungent things.
  Stomach. — Eructations,  Avith burning sensation in the
throat.
  Fozces.—Whitish diarrhea, of an acid odour, especially
in children ; dysenteric evacuations,  greenish, or of a clay-
color, with evacuation of sanguinous mucus.
   Urine. — Wetting the bed ; discharge of mucus from the
urethra.
   Genital  Organs. — FIoav  of  prostatic  fluid,  especially
after making water,  and during a difficult evacuation ; ex-
coriation between the thighs ; leucorrhea, with smarting.
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   Larynx. — Hoarseness; dry cough in the evening, from
 any part of the body becoming cold, or Avhen  lying on the
 bed ; attacks of dry, rough, and holloAv cough, Avith anguish
 and suffocation, often causing one to weep.
   Chest. — Anxious, hoarse,  Avheezing  respiration,  Avith
 danger of suffocation when lying doAvn.
   Arms. — Pain,  as from a bruise, in the bones of the
 arm; arthritic  SAvelling of the hand, fingers, and joints of
 the fingers, with heat, redness  and pain,  as from  disloca-
 tion, during movement; skin of the hands cracked, rough,
 and dry;  panaris.
   Legs. — Swelling of the knees ; cracks in the feet.

                    31. Hyoscyamus.
   Convulsions  and  other spasmodic  affections, chiefly in
 pregnant or parturient women, as well  as  in children, and
 in consequence of Avorms ; excessive nervous excitement,
 with sleeplessness :  encephalitis ; acute hydrocephalus.
   General   Symptoms. — Convulsions,  with  cries,  great
 anguish.
   Fever. — Burning  heat  of the body, especially  of the
 head.
   Moral Symptoms. — Desire to run away; loss  of con-
 sciousness, with eyes closed, and raving  about business;
 delirium;  perversion of all actions.
   Head. — Headache, as if from concussion of the brain ;
 pressive and benumbing"pain in the  forehead.
   Eyes. — Eyes red, fixed, convulsed, spasmodic closing of
the eyelids;  nocturnal blindness ; weakness  of sight,  as
 if  from incipient amaurosis.
   Mouth and Throat. — Redness of the tongue ; constric-
 tion in the throat and inability to swallow liquids.
   Appetite and Stomach.—Vomiting of  food and drinks
immediately after a meal. 
IGNATIA.
507
   Fozces.— Involuntary evacuations.
   Genital  Organs. — Metrorrhagia,  of a  bright, colored
blood.
   Larynx. — Cramp-like  cough at night, especially when
lying doAvn, sometimes with redness of the face and vomit-
ing of mucus.
   Chest. — Pressure  in the right  side  of the  chest, with
great  anxiety  and  shortness  of  breath  when ascending
stairs ; spasms in the chest, with short breathing.
   Arms. — Hands clenched, with  retraction of the thumbs
(in the convulsive fits.)
   Legs. — Painful cramps in the thighs and calves of the
legs.
                      32. Ignatia.
   Spasmodic affections, especially in consequence of fright
or contradiction,  and chiefly  in  hysterical women, or in
children; melancholy and other mental  affections caused
by affliction;  difficult teething of children, with convul-
sions ; prolapsus recti, also in children.
   General Symptoms.—Violent  pain,  merely on  being
touched, in different parts; attacks of  cramp and of con-
vulsions ;  hysterical  debility  and fainting  fits; the pains
are removed always by change of position.
   Skin. — Excoriation  of the  skin ; itching when becom-
ing warm in the open air.
   Sleep.—Violent spasmodic  yawnings,  especially in the
morning.
   Fever. — Absence of thirst  during the heat and perspira-
tion.
   Moral Symptoms. — Tenderness of  character, and deli-
cacy of conscience ; love of solitude.
   Head.—Pressive headache, especially above the root of
the nose,  aggravated or relieved  by stooping; the  head- 
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MATERIA  MEDICA.
aches are  aggravated by coffee, brandy, tobacco-smoke,
noise, and strong  smell;  headache as if a nail Avere driven
into the brain.
  Eyes. — Convulsive moArements of  the eyes and eyelids.
  Face, — ConvulsiAre jerkings,  and  distortion of the mus-
cles  of the  face ; convulsive twitching of the corners  of
the mouth.
  Throat. — Sore throat,  as if  there were  a plug in it;
shootings  in the  throat,  extending sometimes to the ear,
chiefly Avhen not  swallowing; inflammation, swelling, and
induration of the  tonsils, with small  ulcers; impeded deg-
lutition (of drinks.)
  Appetite. — Dislike to milk and tobacco-smoke ; painful
inflation of the  abdomen after a  meal.
  Stomach. — Hiccough every time after eating and drink-
ing ;  periodical  attacks of cramp in the stomach, aggravated
by pressing on the part affected.
  Abdomen. — Shootings and  pinchings in  the  abdomen,
especially in the sides ; flatulent  colic, especially at night.
  Fozces. — Hard  evacuations,  with frequent ineffectual
efforts ; prolapsus of the rectum during evacuation;  itch-
ins: and crawling; in the anus.
   Catamenia. — Cramp-like and compressive pains in the
region of the uterus, with attacks of  choking.
  Larynx. — Short cough, as if from  a feather in the throat,
becoming more violent the more  one  coughs.
   Chest. — Difficult respiration,  as if hindered by a weight
upon the chest; choking Avhen running; palpitation of the
heart at night.
  Arms. — Insupportable pains  in the  bones and joints  of
the arms, as if  the flesh Avere being loosened; convulsive
jerkings in the  arms and in the fingers.
  Legs. — Convulsive jerkings of the legs. 
IODIUM.--IPECACUANHA.
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                      33.  Iodium.
  Scrofulous and lymphatic affections ; abdominal phthisis ;
inflammatory swelling of the knee.
  General  Symptoms. — Swelling  and induration  of  the
glands ; atrophy and emaciation until reduced to a skeleton.
  Fever. — Pulse quick, small, and hard.
  Head. — Congestion to the head, with  beating  in  the
brain.
  Face. — Complexion pale,  yellowish; swelling  of  the
submaxillary glands.
  Teeth. — Softening of the gums.
   Stomach. — Eructations,   generally acid, with burning
sensation.
  Abdominal  Region. — Abdominal pains, which  return
after every meal;  enlargement  of the abdomen, Avhich
renders it impossible  to lie down without the  danger of
suffocation.
  Fozces. — Loose, soft evacuations, alternating with con-
stipation ; violent, frothy diarrhea.
   Catamenia. — Catamenia, at one time too late, at another
too soon.
   Larynx. — Inflammation of the throat and trachea, with
contractive  sore pain ; copious secretion of mucus in the
trachea, with frequent hawking ;  dry cough ; cough in the
morning.
   Chest. — Difficulty of respiration when going up  stairs.
   Tnink. — SAvelling  of the  exterior of the neck ; swell-
ing of the glands of the neck,  nape,  and armpits; hard
and large goitre.

                    34.  Ipecacuanha.
   Gastric and bilious fevers; intermittent fevers; gastric
uneasiness,  especially  when caused by indigestion;  Asiatic 
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MATERIA  MEDICA.
and sporadic cholera ;  gastric affections, with vomiting and
diarrhea; asthmatic affections.
   General Symptoms.— Attacks of uneasiness, with dislike
to all food, and excessive and sudden debility.
   Fever. — Coldness,  especially of the hands  and  feet;
thirst only during the shivering or chill.
   Head. — Attacks of headache, with nausea and vomiting;.
   Appetite. — Great repugnance and dislike to all food.
   Stomach. — Nausea ; vomiting of drink and  undigested
food, of bilious, greenish,  or acid  matter, and  sometimes
immediately after  a meal;  vomiting, with diarrhea.
   Fozces. — Loose evacuations like  matter in a state of fer-
mentation ;  diarrhea,  Avi^h  nausea,  colic and  vomiting;
dysenteric evacuations, with  white flocks, and followed by
tenesmus.
   Genital Organs. — Metrorrhagia, with discharge of bright
red and coagulated blood.
   Larynx. — Cough, especially at night, with painful shocks
in the head and stomach,  with disgust and inclination  to
vomit and vomiting, or with fits of suffocation,  stiffness  of
the body, and bluish face.
   Chest. — Spasmodic   asthma, with   contraction of the
larynx.
                  35. Kali Carbonicum.
   Ascites ; tuberculous phthisis ; dry cough at  night.
   Appetite. — After a meal, desire to sleep, paleness of the
face, shivering, headache,  ill-humor,  nausea,  sour eructa-
tions  and  pyrosis, colic,  inflation  of the abdomen and
flatulency ; hoarseness and roughness in the throat.
                36. Kali Hydriodicum.
   Face — Appetite. —  Toothache, aggravated by contact
with any cold, mitigated  by hot things ; gums swollen with
lancinating pain, as from ulceration. 
LACHESIS. --LYCOPODIUM.
511
  Larynx—Extremities. — Dry cough,  excited by constant
irritation in the trachea, with hoarseness.

                     37. Lachesis.
  Sufferings  of drunkards, from  the  abuse of mercury;
fainting fits;  erysipelas.
  General Symptoms.—Great weakness of body and mind.
  Skin. — Skin yellow,  green,  lead-colored, or bluish, or
blackish, chiefly round the Avounds and ulcers.
  Head. — Vertigo,  chiefly on  Avaking  in the morning;
apoplectic fits, with blue  face,  convulsive movements of
the limbs; headache, with congestion of blood, sparkling
before the  eyes; headache, every morning on Avaking,
or after dinner, or else from every change of weather.
  Mouth. — Tongue   shining, red, and  cracked;  painful
excoriation and  inflammatory swelling of the throat; con-
stant  desire to swallow,  and a sensation  on swallowing as
if there were a tumor, some  foreign body, or a plug in the
throat; ulcers on the palate, back of the mouth, and throat.
  Appetite. — Desire for  wine.
  Stomach. — Excessive sensibility of  the precordial region
to the slightest touch.
  Abdominal Region. — Inflammation and  softening of the
liver ; pain and stitches in the region of  the spleen  ; abdo-
men hard and distended, with flatulent colic.
  Fozces. — Obstinate  constipation, with hard and  difficult
evacuation ; loose  evacuations, principally at night,  or after
a meal,  or in  warm  (and damp) Aveather, or from  having
taken fruits and acids.

                    38.  Lycopodium.
  Obstruction of the glands; typhus  fever; inertia of the
intestines and obstinate  constipation ;  chronic pneumonia;
tuberculous phthisis. 
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MATERIA  MEDICA.
   General Symptoms.— Excessive sensibility to fresh air ;
great tendency to take cold.
   Skin. — Excoriation of the skin of children.
   Moral Symptoms.—Melancholy and disposition to Avcep ;
aversion to speaking.
   Face. — Frequent flushes of transient heat in the  face ;
swelling of  the submaxillary glands.
   Mouth. — Dryness of the mouth without thirst.
   Throat. — Dryness of the throat; inflammation of the
throat and palate, with shooting pain.
   Stomach. — Pressure in the  stomach after every meal ;
swelling of the epigastrium, Avith painful  sensibility to the
touch.
   Abdominal Region. — Tension  round the hypochondria,
as if caused by a hoop;  induration of  the liver; fullness
and  distension of the stomach and abdomen; obstructed
flatulency.
   Fozces. — Obstruction of the abdomen.
   Genital Organs. — Leucorrhea, milky, yellowish, redish
and corrosive ;  excoriation and running sores of the nipples.
   Larynx. — Nocturnal cough, which affects the head, dia-
phragm, and stomach.
   Chest. — Short respiration during almost every exertion ;
palpitation of the heart, especially during digestion ;  pain-
ful eruption and liver spots on the chest.
   Trunk. — SAvelling of the glands of the neck and shoul-
der,  with shooting pain.
   Arms. — Nocturnal aching pains in the arms ; dryness  of
the skin  of the hands.
   Legs. — SAvelling of the knees ; ulcers in the legs ; pain
in the  soles of the feet when Avalking-.
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                 39.  Mercurius Vivus.
   Swelling and inflammation of the glands ; inflammatory 
MERCURIUS VIVUS.                513
fevers, with disposition to perspire profusely ; rheumatic or
catarrhal  headache; scrofulous, rheumatic, catarrhal (and
arthritic)  opthalmia;  syphilitic  opthalmia; rheumatic and
catarrhal  otalgia ;  rheumatic prosopalgia  and toothache ;
dysentery ;  mucous or bilious diarrhea ;  influenza.
   General Symptoms. — Rending and drawing, or stinging
pains in the limbs,  principally at night, in  the heat of the
bed, which renders the pain insupportable ; nocturnal ach-
ing pains;  rheumatic  pains, with  profuse  sweat, which
affords no relief; the whole body feels  as if it had been
bruised, with soreness in  all the bones;  emaciation and
atrophy of  the whole  body; excitability and sensibility of
all the organs.
   Skin.—Enlargement, inflammation, and ulceration of the
glands, with pulsative and shooting pains, hard, red, and
shining swelling; violent and voluptuous  itching over the
whole body,  principally in the  evening, or at  night, aug-
mented by the heat of  the bed, and sometimes with  burn-
ing after  being scratched.
   Fever.—Copious, excessive, and colliquative sweats, both
 day and  night,  in the  morning; sweat, with  nausea and
 desire to  vomit; great fatigue.
   Head. — Vertigo, principally on getting up, or on raising
 up the head; fullness  and  pressure in  the head, as if the
 forehead Avere  squeezed by a  band,  or that the  cranium
 would split; heat and burning, or tearing and  drawing
 pains, or stinging in the  head,  often only one-sided  and
 extending to the ears, teeth, and neck.
   Fyes.—Itching, tickling, and burning in the eyes ; eyes
 red and inflamed ; eyelid red,  inflamed, swollen, ulcerated
 on the margins, and covered with scabs.
   Ears.—Tearing, stinging, and drawing pains in the ears,
 increased by the heat of the bed ;  purulent otorrhea, with
 tearing in the affected side of the head  and in the face.
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514                MATERIA MEDICA.
   Face. — Bloatedness and swelling of the face ;  tearing in
the bones and muscles (of one side) of the face  ; obstruc-
tion and inflammatory SAvelling of the submaxillary glands,
with stinging or pulsative pains.
   Teeth.—Tearing, stinging,  or pulsative  pains in the cari-
ous teeth, or in the roots of  the  teeth, often  spreading as
far as the ears, and in the entire cheek of the  side affected,
sometimes, also, with  painful swelling of the cheek or of
the  submaxillary glands,  Avith salivation and shivering;
appearance or aggravation of toothache, principally in the
evening  or at night,  in  the  heat of the  bed, where it is
insupportable ; reneAved by the fresh air,  as well  as by eat-
ing, and taking anything hot or cold into the mouth; retrac-
tion and SAvelling of the gums, principally at night, with
burning pain and sensation of excoriation on touching them
and on eating; gums livid, discolored, and very  sensitive ;
ulceration of the gums.
   Mouth. — Putrid smell from the mouth; inflammatory
swelling of the  inside of the mouth; burning pain, vesi-
cles, blisters, aphthae, and  ulcers in the mouth ;  accumula-
tion of tenacious mucus;  profuse  discharge of excessively
fetid saliva;  tongue moist, coated with  white and  thick ;
inflammatory SAvelling and ulceration  of  the  tongue, with
stinging pains; entire loss of speech.
   Throat. — Stinging pains in the throat  and  tonsils, prin-
cipally when swallowing; inflammatory swelling and red-
ness of all the back parts of the mouth and throat; constant
desire  to swallow; inability  to  swallow the  least  liquid,
which escapes through the nostrils ; the pains  in the throat
commonly  extend  as  far  as the ears, the  parotides, the
submaxillary glands and those of the neck : they are aggra-
vated, for the most part, by empty deglution, as  well as at
night, in the fresh air and Avhen speaking,  and they are
accompanied with salivation. 
MERCURIUS VIVUS.
515
  Appetite. — Acid and mucous taste ;  dislike to all food,
principally solid nutriment, meat.
  Stomach.—Violent,  empty  eructations; excessive ten-
derness of the stomach and precordial region;  pressure as
if from a  stone in the pit of the stomach.
  Abdominal  Region. — Painful  sensibility of  the hepatic
region,  with stinging,  burning pains;  complete icterus ;
obstruction and  inflammatory  swelling  of  the  inguinal
glands.
  Fozces. — Loose and  dysenteric evacuations, principally
at night, Avith colic and cuttings ; tenesmus and burning in
the anus ;  nausea and eructations ;  shivering and shudder-
ing, exhaustion and tremor of all the limbs; scanty evac-
uations of  sanguinolent mucus;  evacuations  Avhich  are
mucous, or bilious, or putrid, or acid, or of  a greenish or
brownish  color;  evacuation  of acrid and burning  faecal
matter; discharge of blood or of mucus from the rectum;
discharge of ascarides and lumbrici.
   Urine.—Frequent, copious emission of urine, like dia-
betes ;  corrosive  and burning urine.
  Larynx. — Catarrh,  with  febrile  shivering;  continued
hoarseness and loss of voice ; pains in the head and  chest
when coughing, as if these parts were about to burst.
   Chest. — Difficulty of respiration, with attacks of  suffo-
cation at  night, or in bed, in the evening when lying (on
the  left  side) ;  shootings in  the  chest and side, or ex-
tending as  far as  the back, principally when breathing,
sneezing,  and  coughing; pain as from  excoriation and of
ulceration in the  chest.
  Trunk.  — Obstructions and inflammatory swelling of the
glands of  the neck.
  Arms. — Sharp pains in the  shoulders and arms, princi-
pally at night and when moving these parts.
  Legs. — Sharp and piercing  pains in the hip-joints, as 
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MATERIA  MEDICA.
well as the thighs, principally at night, and when moving ;
cedematous, transparent swelling of the thighs and legs.

                40.  Natrum Muriaticum.
  Intermittent fevers, also those which have changed their
character  from strong doses of cinchona;  chronic  consti-
pation.
  Fever. — Continual shivering and  want of vital  heat;
fever, with aching pains ; yellowish complexion, headache,
weakness, bitter taste in the mouth, ulceration at the angles
of the mouth,  absence  of appetite;  the fever generally
commences in the morning, followed by heat and thirsts;
typhus fever, with debility, dryness of tongue,  and violent
thirst; pulse irregular and often intermittent.
  Moral Symptoms. — Irascibility ; easily provoked.
  Head. — Headache in the morning, on turning and while
moving the body or the head, when  running or in the cold
air, as if the head were to split, with nausea and vomiting ;
abundant  falling out of  the hair.
  Eyes. — Inflammation of the  eyes; the letters are con-
fused when reading; the sight is weak, as if trom incipient
amaurosis;  black specks, luminous marks,  and  sparks
before the eyes.
  Ears. — Hardness of hearing ; humming in the ears.
  Nose. — Loss of smell;  dryness of the nose.
  Face. — Lips  dry, chapped, cracked, or  excoriated  and
ulcerated, with scurf, and burning and smarting eruption ;
tettery eruption round the mouth ;  frequent swelling of the
submaxillary glands.
  Teeth.—Piercings, boring, and pulsation in carious teeth ;
fistula of the gums.
  Mouth. — Ulcers  and vesicles on the tongue  and in the
mouth, Avith  burning,  smarting, and pain, on coming  in
contact with food and drink. 
NITRI  ACIDUM.                  517
  Throat. — A sensation, during  deglutition,  as  if there
were a plug in the throat; inflammation of the throat, with
stinging pain and ulceration.
  Fozces. — Constipation ; burning in the anus  and rectum,
during  and  after the  evacuations;  painful and burning
haemorrhoidal tumors about the anus.
   Genital Organs. — Menses too early and too profuse, or
retarded and scanty.
  Larynx. — Cough excited by a tickling in the  throat, or
in the epigastrium, day and night; pains in the head when
cougrhing;, as if the forehead were about to burst.
   Chest. — Short  breathing,  especially  Avhen  Avalking
quickly ; anxious and violent palpitation of the heart from
every movement  of the body,  but principally when lying
on the left  side ;  irregular  and intermittent palpitation of
the heart.

                   41. Nitri  Acidum.
   Aching pains, inflammation, caries, and other affections
of the bones, especially from the abuse of  mercury ; syph-
ilitic  affections;  mercurial ulcers ;  nervous  excitability,
especially from the abuse of mercury ; syphilitic and mer-
curial angina, also Avith ulceration ; chronic relaxation of
the boAvels.
   General Symptoms. — Stinging  pains  as if caused  by
splinters, especially when touched;  pains from  change of
weather ; riding in a carriage mitigates the majority of the
symptoms.
   Face. — Painful swelling of  the submaxillary glands.
   Mouth. — Offensive and putrid smell of  the  mouth ;  sal-
ivation, sometimes from attacks of fever.
   Throat.—Ulcer with stinging  pain in  the mouth and
throat; inflammation of the throat,  with  stinging pains,
especially on swallowing liquids, as from excoriation. 
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materia  medica.
   Fozces. — Loose evacuations, sometimes mucous or pu-
trid ;  sanguinolent, dysenteric evacuations, Avith tenesmus ;
swelling of hemorrhoidal tumors about the anus, and which
bleed at every evacuation.
   Genital Organs. — Ulcers, like chancres, on the prepuce
and glands.
   Larynx. —Dry cough, especially in the evening on lying
down ;  purulent yellowish expectoration with the cough.
   Chest. — Short breath.
   Trunk. — Stinging in and between the shoulder-blades ;
swelling of the glands of the neck and axillae ;  suppuration
of the axillary glands.
   Legs. — Chilblains on the toes.

                    42. Nux  Vomica.
   Sufferings from the  abuse of  coffee, wine, or other spir-
itous or narcotic drugs ; bad effects from passion or exces-
sive  study,  prolonged  watching,   or  a  sedentary life;
periodical and intermittent affections ; gastralgia ; gastritis ;
gastrico-mucous or bilious affections ;  dyspepsia, also with
vomiting  of  food;   vomiting  of drunkards,  of pregnant
women ; incarcerated hernia ;  obstinate constipation; blind
and bleeding hemorrhoides.
   General Symptoms.— Repugnance to the open air; great
desire to remain lying  down or sitting.
   Sleep. — Too short sleep, Avith difficulty in going to sleep
again after midnight, and inability to remain  in bed  after
three  o'clock in the  morning; on waking in the morning,
pain in the limbs as  if they were bruised, great lassitude,
with desire  to remain lying down,  and fits of stretching
and of convulsive yawning.
   Fever. — During the shivering, skin, hands and feet, face
or  nails are cold and bluish ;  during the heat, vertigo, 
NUX  vomica.
519
headache,  shivering  Avhen moving in the least, or when
uncovered in the slightest degree, thirst.
  Moral Symptoms. — Hypochondriacal, sorrowful, and sad
humor;  ill-humor, vexation, and anger;  dislike to, and
unfitness for, bodily and mental labor.
  Head. — Vertigo, Avith sensation of turning and of waver-
ing of  the  brain; heaviness,  pressure, and sensation  of
expansion in the head, as if the forehead were about  to
burst, especially above the eyes.
  Eyes.—Eyes inflamed,  Avith redness and swelling, also
the eyelids.
  Nose. — Obstruction of the nose, sometimes on one side
only, and often with  itching in the  nostrils and discharge
of mucus ;  obstruction in the head, principally in the morn-
ing, or at night, and dry coryza with heat and heaviness in
the forehead, and obstruction of  the nostrils.
  Teeth. — Putrid and painful swelling of the gums.
  Mouth. — Fetid, putrid,  and cadaverous  smell from the
mouth ; tongue loaded with a white coating, or dry, cracked,
broAvnish or blackish.
  Throat. — Swelling of the uvula; bitter taste of the
mouth ;  desire for brandy.
  Stomach.  — Frequent, bitter, and acid eructations ; vio-
lent hiccough ; vomiturition and A'iolent vomiting of mucous
and sour matter, after drinking or  eating,  or in the morn-
ing ; pressure in the stomach as if by a stone ;  tension and
fullness in the epigastrium ; tight clothes are insupportable.
  Abdominal Region. — Flatulent colic, sometimes in the
morning, after eating or drinking,  with pressing pains,  as
if by stones.
  Fozces. — Frequent but ineffectual and anxious  desire to
evacuate ; obstinate  constipation, as if from inactivity  of
the  intestines ;  incomplete  evacuations ; small,  loose, aque- 
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materia  medica.
ous or mucous and sang-uinolent evacuations; hemorrhoides,
with excoriating, stinging, burning pain,  and pressure in
the anus and rectum.
   Urine. — Ineffectual desire to urinate ;  frequent emission
of watery and pale urine;  burning pain in the neck of the
bladder when making water.
   Larynx. — Catarrhal  hoarseness  and painful  roughness
of the larynx and  chest;  accumulation of tenacious'mucus,
which  it is impossible to detach;  pains, as from excoriation
in the  larynx when coughing.
   Chest. — Asthmatic  constriction of the chest at night, in
bed, when going up stairs, choking, anxiety.
   Trunk. — Pains, like those caused by a bruise in the
back and loins; rheumatic, drawing,  and burning pains in
the back.

                       43.  Opium.
   Recent affections  rather than  those of long standing;
nervous torpor and want of vital  reaction against the med-
icines  that have been administered; sufferings of drunk-
ards ;  affections of old men; bad effects of fright, with
continued  fear, or of sudden joy;  typhus; delirium tre-
mens ; ileus; constipation, principally that  caused by tor-
por of the intestinal canal, after frequent diarrhea, or from
want of exercise, and  especially in  the  case  of  vigorous
persons, or those who  are plethoric or well fed, as well as
in the case of children  and pregnant women ;  tympanitis ;
suppressed or false and spasmodic labor-pains.
   General Symptoms.—General insensibility of the whole
nervous  system.
   Sleep. — Lethargy,  with snoring and mouth open;  ex-
cessive desire to sleep, with absolute inability to go to sleep.
   Fever. — Pulse  generally full,  slow;  fever, with  lethar-
gic sleep, snoring. 
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  Face. — Face dark  red,  sometimes brownish, hot, and
bloated.
  Stomach. — Vomiting of faecal matter and of urine.
  Abdominal Region. — Abdomen  hard and  distended, as
in tympanitis.
   Fozces. — Constipation,  long  continued ;   involuntary
evacuations.
  Chest. — Noisy, stertorous,  and  rattling respiration ;  at-
tacks of suffocation on making an  effort to  cough.

                    44. Petroleum.
  Gastric affections ; sea sickness ; sufferings caused by
the motion of a carriage ; chilblains on the hands and feet.
  Appetite---Repugnance to meat and fat; heaviness and
pressure in the stomach after a meal.
  Stomach. — Nausea from the motion of a carriage.

                    45. Phosphorus.
  Physical  and nervous  weakness  caused by protracted
influences injurious to the  vital economy ; hemorrhage and
congestion of blood; cholerine ; chronic and colliquative
diarrhea ; chronic laryngitis ;  disposition to croup.
  General  Symptoms. — The majority of the symptoms
manifest themselves  morning and evening, in bed, as well
as after dinner, while several others appear at the  begin-
ning of a meal and disappear after it.
  Skin. — Lymphatic  abscesses,  Avith  fistulous  ulcers,
which have  callous margins,  and secrete a  fetid and  color-
less pus, with hectic feATer; copious bleeding from  small
wounds.
  Sleep. — Unrefreshing sleep; in the morning it appears
as if  one  had  not slept  enough ; nocturnal  heat;  hectic
fever, Avith dry heat toward evening, especially in the  palms 
522                materia medica.
of the hands,  sweat  and  colliquative  diarrhea,  circum-
scribed redness of the cheeks, etc.
  Moral  Symptoms. — Anguish and uneasiness,  especially
when alone.
  Head. — Vertigo, Avith nausea  and  pressing pains in the
head ; congestion to the head, with beating ;  falling off of
the hair.
  Eyes. — Inflammation of the eyes ;  nocturnal  agglutina-
tion of the eyes ;  black spots before the sight.
  Nose. — Unpleasant dryness of the  nose ; continued dis-
charge of yelloAV mucus from the  nose.
  Face. — Face pale,  wan, dirty,  earthy, with hollow eyes,
surrounded by a blue  circle.
   Stomach. — Sour regurgitations of food;  nausea of  vari-
ous kinds, especially in the  morning; spasmodic pain and
contraction in the stomach.
  Abdominal Region. — Spasmodic colic ; sensation of cold-
ness,  with heat and  burning in the  abdomen; flatulent
colic, with grumbling.
  Fozces. — Prolonged looseness of the  bowels.
  Larynx. — Aphonia; cough excited by  a  tickling  and
itching in the chest, or with hoarseness and sensation as if
the chest were raw; cough, with  purulent  and saltish ex-
pectoration, or of blood.
   Chest. — Obstructed  respiration of various kinds ;  con-
gestion to the chest; palpitation of the  heart.
   Arms. — Trembling in the arms and hands.
   Legs. — Drawing and tearing  in the  knees ; SAvelling of
the feet.
                 46. Phosphoriacidum.
   Phthisical and nervous  weakness,  caused  by violent
acute diseases, by loss  of the fluids and other debilitating 
PLATINA.
523
causes, especially Avhen they haAre rapidly undermined a
constitution that was previously strong; bad effects from
vexation, with care  and inquietude, or from  disappointed
love ; epidemic diarrhea.
  Fever. — Malignant  fever with great weakness, apathy,
stupidity, aversion to conversation, diarrhea.
  Fozces. — Purging,  but not  debilitating  evacuations ;
loose, serous, or undigested evacuation.
   Urine. — Frequent  and profuse  emission of  aqueous
urine, Avhich immediately deposits a thick and white sed-
iment ; urine as in diabetes mellitus.
  Larynx. — Cough, with vomiting of food, and headache.

                      47. Platina.
  Different affections of females, and  principally of irrita-
ble  women;  hysteria;  facial  neuralgia ;  metrorrhagia,
after accouchment, or caused  by miscarriage ; constipation
of lying-in women.
  General Symptoms. — Affections caused by fright, by
vexation, or by a fit  of passion ; the majority of the symp-
toms are aggravated by repose.
  Moral Symptoms. — Sadness, with  great inclination  to
weep ; involuntary weeping, with great fear of death, which
is believed to be very near; pride and  self-conceit, with
contempt for all others.
  Face. — Burning  heat and glowing redness in the face ;
torpor in the whole side of the face  ; cramp and tensive
pressure in the zygomatic process.
  Teeth. — Toothache, with pulsative and digging pain.
  Fozces. — Constipation, sometimes very obstinate.
   Urine and Genital Organs. — Sensation of bearing down
toward the  genital  organs, with pressure in the abdomen;
metrorrhagia of thick, deep colored blood, with drawings
in the groins. 
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   Chest.   Short breath, Avith constrictive oppression  of
the chest;  anxious palpitation of  the heart.

                    48. Pulsatilla.
  Affections  of persons of  mild  character, inclined to
pleasantry, and to laughter or weeping, Avith a mild coun-
tenance, and of phlegmatic temperament, inclining to mel-
ancholy, lymphatic constitution, Avith pale complexion, blue
eyes, and light hair, freckles, disposition  to take a cold in
the head, or to other mucous discharges, etc.; bad conse-
quences from the abuse of sulphur-Avaters,  of mercury,
cinchona, chamomilla,  or from the  fat of  pork ; rheumatic
and arthritic affections, with  sAvellings ; inflammatory otal-
gia ; dyspepsia, Avith vomiting of food; mucous  or bilious
diarrhea;  inflammatory SAvelling of  the  testes ;  organic
affections  of the  heart; inflammatory swelling of the  legs
and feet.
   General Symptoms.—Sharp, drawing, and jerking pains
in the  muscles, aggravated at night, or in bed in the even-
ing, as Avell as by the  heat of the  room, mitigated in the
open air, and often accompanied by torpor, with paralytic
Aveakness  or hard swelling of the  parts  affected;  shifting
pains Avhich pass rapidly from one  part to the other, often
with swelling and redness of the  joints.
   Skin.— Red spots like measles  or nettle-rash ;  chilblains,
with bluish-red swellings, heat  and burning, or pulsative
pains.
  Head.—Vertigo, as during intoxication; headaches in the
evening after lying down, or at  night, compression some-
times mitigates them.
  Eyes. — Pressive,  or sharp, shooting pain in the eyes,
with inflammation ; styes on the  eyelids.
  Ears. — Shootings, Avith itching, or sharp, jerking pains
and contraction in and round  the ears ;  the pains sometimes 
PULSATILLA.
525
come on by fits, attack the Avhole head, appear almost in-
supportable, and almost  cause the loss of reason ; inflam-
matory swelling, h^at, and erysipelatous redness of the ear
and  auditory  duct,  as well as the  surrounding external
parts; tingling, roaring, and humming in  the  ears; hard-
ness of hearing.
   Nose. — Obstruction of the  nose and dry  coryza, prin-
cipally in the evening and in the heat of a room.
   Face. — Face pale,  and sometimes with an expression
of suffering;.
   Teeth. — Sharp, shooting pains in the teeth, or drawing,
jerking pains, as if the nerve Avere tightened, then suddenly
relaxed, or pulsative,  digging, and gnawing  pains,  often
Avith pricking in the gums, and shivering worse in the even-
ing,  or afternoon, in the heat of the bed, or  of a room,
mitigated by cold water  or fresh air.
   Mouth. — Tong-ue loaded with a thick coating;, of a whit-
                es                            o7
ish or yellowish color.
   Throat. — Pain, as if  from  excoriation in the  throat, as
if it were  all raw,  with  sensation as if these parts Avere
swollen, principally when swallowing, or  accumulation of
tenacious mucus, which covers the parts affected.
   Appetite. — Bitter or sour taste in the  mouth, immedi-
ately after  having  eaten; sensation of derangement in the
stomach, similar to that  caused by fat pork or rich pastry;
after eating, nausea,  and pressure in the pit of  the stomach,
and many other sufferings.
   Stomach.—Nausea and vomitings take place in the even-
ing or at night, and after eating or drinking, with shiver-
ing, paleness of face, colic ; pressive, spasmodic, contractive,
and compressive pains in the stomach and precordial region,
after a meal or in the evening ; pulsations in the  pit of the
stomach.
   Fozces. — Loose evacuations, with  colic and cuttings, of 
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MATERIA  MEDICA.
greenish, bilious, or watery  matter;  blind  and bleeding
hemorrhoides, with itching, smarting, and pain, as if from
excoriation.
   Genital Organs. — Inflammatory swelling  of the testes,
and of the spermatic cord (sometimes only  on one  side),
with pressive and drawing pains  extending into  the  abdo-
men ; metrorrhagia;  black menstrual  blood, with clots of
mucus,  or discharge of  pale  and  serous blood; menses
irregular, too tardy, or entirely suppressed, with colic, hys-
terical spasms  in the abdomen; nausea,  and vomitings,
shiverings, and paleness  of  face ; leucorrhea, thick like
cream.
   Larynx. — Shaking cough in the evening, at night, ag-
gravated  when lying down, accompanied with a desire to
vomit, or by  a choking, as if  caused by the  vapor of sul-
phur ; moist  cough, with  expectoration of white, tenacious
mucus, or of thick, yellowish matter.
   Chest. — Spasmodic constriction of the chest, or larynx,
in the evening, or  at night when lying  horizontally; fre-
quent and violent palpitation of the heart.
   Trunk. — Rheumatic, tensive,  and drawing pain  in the
nape of the neck.
   Arms.— Sharp, jerking, and drawing pains in the  shoul-
der-joint,  as well  as in the arms, hands, and  fingers.
   Legs. — Pain, as from  sub-cutaneous  ulceration in the
legs and  soles of the feet; SAvelling of the knees, Avith
sharp, drawing, and shooting  pains; great fatigue  in the
legs and in the  knees, with trembling.

                      49. Rheum.
   Diarrhea in children; sourness, colic,  sleeplessness and
cries of children.
   Fozces. — Loose evacuations of a sour smell,  preceded
and followed  by constrictive pinching in the abdomen. 
RHUS.
527
               50. Rhus Toxicodendron.
   Rheumatic  affections, with swelling;  vesicular erysipe-
las ; bad effects from a strain, dislocation, concussion, and
other mechanical  injuries, especially when attended with
sufferings in the joints and  synovial membranes; gastric
affections ; diarrhea and dysentery; coxalgia and  sponta-
neous dislocation.
   General Symptoms. — Rheumatic and arthritic drawings,
tension and tearing in the  limbs, increased to the  highest
degree during repose, in bad weather, at night,  and in the
heat of the bed; red and shining swellings.
   Sleep. — Disturbed  sleep,  with  anxious and frightful
dreams.
   Fever. — Malignant fever,  with loquacious delirium, vio-
lent pains in all  the limbs, excessive  weakness,  dry or
black tongue,  dry,  brownish, or blackish lips, heat and
redness of the cheeks.
   Head. — Heaviness  and pressive fullness in  the head;
beating and pulsations in the head, especially in the occiput;
balancing and sensation of fluctuation in the head at every
step, as if  the brain were loose.
   Eyes. — Inflammation of the eyes and lids; swelling of
the whole eye and surrounding parts.
   Ears. — SAvelling and inflammation of the parotids, with
fever.
   Face. — Erysipelatous inflammation and  swelling of the
face, with pressive  and  tensive shootings, and  burning
crawling;  vesicular  erysipelas, with yellow serum in the
vesicles ; humid eruption and thick scabs on the face.
   Mouth. — A yellow and sometimes  also a  sanguinous
saliva flows from the mouth at night.
  Appetite. — Thirst,  from a sensation of dryness in the
mouth. 
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  Fozces. — Loose,  sanguinous, serous, or  slimy evacua-
tions ;  obstinate diarrhea.
  Larynx.—Cough, excited by a tickling in the ramifica-
tions of the bronchi, short and dry.
   Chest. — Shootings and  lancinations in the chest and its
sides.
   Trunk. — Pains in the  loins, as if  beaten;  stiffness of
the nape and neck.
  Arms. — Warts on the hands and fingers.

                       51. Ruta.
  Sufferings caused by mechanical injuries (contusion, fall,
dislocation, injury of the bones, or of the periosteum.)
   General Symptoms. — Pains  in the limbs, joints,  and
bones, as if beaten, or as if caused by a contusion, fall, or
bruise, especially in the periosteum of  the limbs.

                     52.  Sambucus.
  Spasmodic asthma and cramps in  the chest;  asthma
Milari ; croup.
   General Symptoms. — Desire  to sleep,  without being-
able to sleep ; fever, with excessive perspiration, especially
at night.
  Larynx—Chest. — Attack  of  suffocating  cough,  with
cries in children ; wheezing  and quick respiration;  spas-
modic  paroxysm of suffocation at night, with tears,  great
agitation and tossing of hands ; great difficulty in breathing.

                   53. Sanguinaria.
  Arthritic and rheumatic pains.
   General Symptoms. — Pain in the tips of the fingers, as
from .ulceration ; sensation of heaviness in the head ;  pains
in the head Avhich pass  rapidly from one place to another,
like electric shocks. 
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529
                      54. Secale.
  Gastric and bilious affections ;  Asiatic and sporadic chol-
era ; diarrhea,  especially  in old men; metrorrhagia  of
weak women.
   Sleep. — Great desire to sleep, and deep, lethargic sleep.
  Eyes. — Eyeballs sunk deep in the sockets.
   Face and  Teeth. — Face  pale, discolored,  yelloAV, wan,
with the eyes hollow and sorrounded by a blue circle.
   Stomach. — Excessively painful sensibility and anguish in
the pit of the stomach;  burning sensation in the stomach
and abdomen.
   Fozces. — Loose, frequent  evacuations, with  serous  or
slimy faeces,  and sudden  prostration of strength; involun-
tary evacuations.
    Urine. — Metrorrhagia, of a black, liquid blood, flowing,
especially during a slight movement;  miscarriage.
   Legs. — Contraction of the legs  and toes; troublesome
cramps  in the calves of the legs  and soles of the feet,
especially at night; mortification of the toes.

                        55. Sepia.
    General  Symptoms. — The symptoms  disappear during
 every violent  exercise, except on horseback, and are ag-
 gravated during repose,  as also  in the evening ; uneasiness
 and throbbing in all the limbs ;  violent ebullition of blood
 during the night, Avith pulsation in the  whole body;  great
 tendency to take cold, and sensitiveness to cold air.
    Skin. — Itching  in different  parts, which changes to a
 burnino-  sensation; brown,  reddish, and liver spots  on the
 skin; deformity of the nails.
    Fever. — Profuse perspiration from the slightest move-
 ment ; sadness and dejection with tears ;  susceptibility and
 peevishness.
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MATERIA MEDICA.
  Head. — Attacks of headache, with nausea and vomiting
when shaking or moving the head, and also at every step ;
semi-lateral headache ;  violent congestion of blood to the
head.
  Eyes.— Pressure on the eyeballs ; inflammation, redness,
and swelling of the eyelids, with styes.
  Ears. — Shootings in the ears.
  Nose. — Scabby and ulcerated nostrils.
  Face. — Yellow color of the face ; yelloAV streak on the
nose and cheeks in the form of  a saddle ;  yellow color and
herpetic eruption round the mouth.
  Teeth. — Toothache when compressing  the teeth, Avhen
touching them, and when speaking, as also from the slight-
est current of cold air.
  Throat. — Hawking  up  of  mucus,  especially  in the
morning.
  Appetite. — Putrid, or sour taste ;  repugnance and dislike
to food.
  Stomach. — Throbbing  in the pit  of the stomach.
  Abdominal  Region. — Enlargement of the  abdomen (in
women who have had children.)
  Fozces. — Ineffectual  desire to evacuate; greenish  diar-
rhea, often with putrid  or sour  smell, or especially in chil-
dren ;  prolapsus recti;  protrusion of hamorrhoides.
   Urine. — Wetting the bed during the  first sleep.
   Genital Organs. — Bearing down in the uterus ; prolap-
sus  uteri;  leucorrhea, of  a  yellow or. greenish red water.
  Larynx. — Dry  cough,  which seems  to arise  from the
stomach, especially when  in bed in the  evening, and  often
with nausea and bitter vomiting; cough excited by a tick-
ling, and  accompanied with constipation, detached with
difficulty.
   Chest. — Dyspnaea,  oppression of the  chest,  and  short
breath when Avalking and ascending, as well  as when lying 
SILICEA.
531
in bed, in the evening, and at night; ebullition of blood
in the chest, and violent palpitation of the heart.

                      56. Silicea.
  Obstruction, inflammation, induration, and ulceration of
the glands; inflammation, softening, ulceration, and other
diseases of the bones ; ulcers, almost of  all kinds;  ulcera-
tion of the mammae ; chronic coryza and obstinate disposi-
tion to take cold in the head ;  panaritium.
   Skin. — Mild and malignant  suppurations, especially in
membranous parts;  carbuncles.
   Head. — Vertigo, Avith nausea, Avhich mounts from  the
back to the nape of the neck  and head; tearing pains in
the head, often semi-lateral; moist scald-head.
   Eyes. — Redness of the eyes ;  SAvelling of the lachrymal
gland ;  black spots before the sight.
   Ears. — Hardness of hearing; swelling  and induration
of the parotids.
   Nose. — Scabs, pimples, and ulcers in the nose.
   Face. —Ulcers on the red part of the  lip ; herpes on the
chin ;  swelling of  the  submaxillary  glands.
   Appetite. — After a  meal, sour taste in the mouth ;  pres-
sure in the stomach, water-brash, vomiting.
   Stomach. — Nausea every morning.
   Fozces. — Constipation, and sIoav,  hard faeces.
   Trunk. — Inflammatory abscess in  the lumbar  region;
SAvelling and deviation of the spine ; swelling of the glands
of the nape  of the  neck, on  and under the axillae, some-
times Avith induration ; suppuration  of the axillary glands.
   Arms. — Burning sensation in the  ends  of the fingers ;
paniritium.
   Leg. — Inflammatory SAvelling of  the knee ;  caries in the
tibia ;  offensive smell  from  the feet. 
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MATERIA  medica.
                     57. Spigelia.
  Prosopalgia;  vermiculous affections;  diseases  of  the
heart.
  Head. — Pains in the  head,  aggravated by the slighest
movement, or least noise.
  Eyes. — Pains in the  eyes, as  if the eyeballs were too
large ;  inflammation of the eyes, and ulceration of the eye-
lids ; hanging down of the eyelids, as from paralysis.
  Face.—Jerking tearings, burning  sensation and pres-
sure in the  region  of the  zygomatic  process,  or violent
pains Avhich can not bear the slightest touch, or the least
movement.
  Teeth. — Jerking toothache, or pulsative tearings, espe-
cially in the carious teeth, aggravated by cold water, or by
contact with the open  air;  offensive exhalation  from  the
mouth.
  Fozces. — Discharge  of mucus  from the  anus, without
faeces; lumbrici and ascarides from the  rectum;  itching
and sensation as if something were  creeping  in the rectum
and anus.
  Chest. — Danger of suffocation from the least movement,
and especially when raising  the arms; violent palpitation
of the  heart, perceptible to the sight and hearing, often
attended with anxious oppression of the chest, aggravated
by stooping the chest forward, and by sitting down.

                     58.  Spongia.
  Croup (before hepar, or alternate with it.)
  General Symptoms. — Swellings and indurations of the
glands.
  Face. — Face  bloated, red, or bluish, with anxious ex-
pression of countenance. 
STANNUM.--STAPHYSAGRIA.
533
  Larynx. — Hoarseness ; pain in the  larynx, on touching
it and on turning the head;  sensation of obstruction in the
larynx, with impeded respiration; hollow, dry, barking or
whistling  cough,  day  and night, increased toward the
evening.
   Chest. — Wheezing respiration ; respiration quick, anx-
ious, and  difficult, sometimes with a fit of suffocation and
mucous rattling in  the  chest; ebullition of blood in the
chest after the slightest effort,  and  the least movement,
with obstructed respiration.

                     59. Stannum.
  Larynx. — Hoarseness and roughness in the throat; dry,
violent, shaking cough; cough  excited  by lying  on the
right side, with frequent expectoration of mucus, greenish,
sweetish, or saltish.
   Chest. — Pain in the  chest, as if from  excoriation ; sen-
sation of weakness in the chest, as if it were empty, espe-
cially after speaking or expectorating.

                   60. Staphysagria.
  Bad effects from crosses, with  anger and indignation, or
from vexation, with uneasiness.
  Moral Symptoms.—Hypochondriacal humor, with indif-
ference to eArery thing; ill-humor, irascibility, and excessive
anger,  so as to fling about violently Avhatever is at hand.
  Eyes. — Itching and biting smarting in the internal can-
thi; inflammation in the eyes, which  are surrounded with
pimples.
  Ears and Nose. — Coryza, with ulcerated nostrils.
  Face.— Painful  SAvelling and induration of the submax-
illary glands.
  Teeth.—Toothache, immediately after a meal, after cold
drinks, or inhaling  cold air, worse in the morning. 
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MATERIA  MEDICA.
                    61.  Stramonium.
   Convulsions, St. Vitus' dance, and other spasmodic af-
 fections ;  hydrocephalus.
   General Smyptoms.— Convulsive movements and jerks,
 especially when touched, or from fixing the eyes on  brill-
 iant objects (such as a candle, a mirror, or Avater), or else
 appearing periodically.
   Sleep. — Deep sleep, with snoring.
   Fever. — Small, quick  pulse.
   Moral Symptoms. — Ungovernable fury,  desire to  bite,
 to strike.
   Head. — Congestion of blood to the head, with heat in it.
   Eyes. — Eyes fixed and  sparkling;  cloudiness  of the
 sight; illusions of vision.
   Face and  Teeth. — Face bloated and puffed up  with
 blood ; grinding of the teeth.
   Trunk  and Extremities. — Opisthotonus;  convulsive
 movements of the arms,  above the head;  clenched fists.

                     62. Sulphur.
   General Symptoms. — Great sensitiveness to the  open
 air and to the wind; the majority of the  sufferings are
 aggravated, or appear at night, or in the evening, and also
 during repose, when  standing  for a long  time, and by ex-
 posure to  cold  air; they disappear when Avalking or  mov-
 ing the parts affected, and also in the warmth  of a room ;
but the heat of the  bed renders the  nocturnal pains insup-
portable.
   Skin. — Itching in  the  skin, at night in  bed ; scabious
eruptions, Avith burning  itching; desquammation and ex-
coriation of the skin in  several places ;  ulcers, Avith ele-
vated margins, surrounded by itchy pimples ; inflammation,
SAvelling, and induration,  or  suppuration of the  glands. 
SULPHUR.                     535
  Fever. — Frequent and profuse  perspiration day and
night; aptness to perspire Avhen Avorking, partial perspira-
tion, principally on the head
  Head. — Fullness, pressure, and heaviness in the  head,
principally in  the  forehead ; congestion of blood  to  the
head, Avith pulsative, clucking, hammering  sensations, and
feeling of heat in the brain; quotidian, periodical, and in-
termittent headaches, appearing principally at night, or in
the evening in bed, or in the morning; movement, Avalk-
ing, the open air, and meditation often excite or aggravate
the headaches.
  Eyes. — Itching, tickling, and  burning sensation in  the
eyes and eyelids;  inflammation, swelling, and redness of
the*sclerotica, conjunctiva and eyelids ;  pustules and ulcers
round the orbits, as far as the cheeks; great sensitiveness
of the eyes to the light.
  Ears. — Obstruction  and  sensation of stoppage  in  the
ears, on one side only; humming and roaring in the ears.
  Nose.—Inflammation, ulceration, and scabs in the nostrils.
  Face.—Heat  and burning sensation in the face, with
dark  redness  of  the Avhole  face, circumscribed redness of
the cheeks.
  Teeth. — Appearanee or aggravation  of toothache, prin-
cipally in the evening, at  night, or in the open  air, and also
from a current of air, from  cold Avater, eating and masti-
cating.
  Mouth. — Aphthae in the  mouth  and  on the tongue.
  Throat. — Pressure, as if from a plug, or from a tumor
in the throat.
  Appetite. — Dislike to sweet and acid things.
  Abdominal Region. — Shootings  in the abdomen, princi-
pally in the  left  side  Avhen walking;  pains  in the abdo-
men,  principally at night,  or after eating and drinking,
mitigated by bending forAvard. 
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MATERIA  MEDICA.
  Fozces. — Constipation, and hard, knotty, and insufficient
evacuations; hemorrhoides.
  Genital Organs. — Excoriation between the thighs  and
groins.
  Larynx. — Moist  cough, with  profuse  expectoration of
thick, Avhitish, or yellowish mucus; Avhen coughing, pain
as if from excoriation,  or shootings in the chest.
  Chest. — Obstructed respiration, dyspnae and attacks of
suffocation, principally Avhen lying down at night, and  also
during sleep ; periodical spasms in the chest;  shootings in
the chest or sternum, or extending as far as the back, or
into the left side.
  Trunk.—Pinching and  burning sensation  between the
shoulder-blades.

                     63.  Tabacum.
  General Symptoms. — Cramps in the limbs.
  Stomach. — Frequent nausea,  especially when moving;
the vomiting is renewed from the slightest movement.
  Fozces. — Violent diarrhea, fetid, or yelloAvish green,  also
at night, accompanied and followed  by violent tenesmus,
and burning in the anus.
  Arms. — Cold perspiration on the hands ; cramps in the
fingers.

                    64. Tartarus.
  Varioloids; gastric and  bilious affections ;  asphyxia of
new-born infants.
  Skin. — Eruption  of pustules, like  varioloids, with  red
areola, afterward covered Avith  a crust and leaving- a scar.
  Sleep. — Invincible droAVsiness, with deep and stupifying
sleep.
  Fever. — Pulse quick, Aveak,  or full.
  Head. — Chronic trembling of the head. 
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  Appetite. — Bitter taste in the mouth ; excessive desire
for acid things.
   Stomach. — Continued  nausea ;   much vomiting, with
violent efforts.
  Fozces. — Slimy diarrhea.
  Larynx. — Cough, Avith vomiting  of  food  after a meal;
hollow cough, with rattling of mucus in the chest.
   Chest. — Paralysis of the lungs ; rattling of  mucus  in
the chest.
                       65.  Thuja.
  Rheumatic and arthritic affections ; syphilitic and sycotic
affections.
  Head. — Vertigo, when rising from  a seat  and  when
lying down.
  Eyes. — Burning  sensation in the eyes;  inflammatory
swelling of the eyelids, with hardness.
  Face. — Boring and digging  pain  in the face and cheek-
bones ;  gnaAving in the (carious) teeth, with painful sensi-
tiveness of the whole side of the head,  greatly aggravated
by contact with cold things, or by mastication.
  Mouth.—Ranula, on both  sides  of  the  tongue, trans-
parent, bluish red, gray, and,  as it were, gelatinous.
   Urine. — Sensation, as if a drop  were flowing into the
urethra ; burning  sensation in the urethra during the emis-
sion of urine ;  itching in the urethra.
   Genital Organs. — Condylomata on the glans and pre-
puce, moist, itching.
                   66.  Urtica  Urens.
  Burns ; dysentery ; nettle-rash.

                     67. Veratrum.
  Sporadic or Asiatic cholera; diarrhea, of different kinds,
also those produced by cold drinks, when one is over-heated.
       24* 
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MATERIA  medica.
  General Symptoms. — Pains in the limbs ,Avhich arc ren-
dered insupportable by the heat of the bed, and disappear
completely, Avhen Avalking; sudden, general, and paralytic
prostration of strength.
  Fever. — General coldness of the  whole body, and cold,
clammy perspiration ; fever, with external coldness ;  pulse
sIoav, and almost extinct.
   Head. — Attack  of headache,   Avith  paleness  of  the
face,  nausea,  and vomiting;  cold  perspiration  on  the
forehead.
  Nose. — Icy coldness of the nose.
  Face. — Face pale, cold, hippocratic, wan, with the nose
pointed, and  a blue circle round the eyes ; cold perspira-
tion on the face ; lips dry, blackish,  and cracked.
  Teeth. — Grinding of the teeth.
  Mouth. — Sensation of coldness on  the tongue ; tongue
dry, blackish,  cracked.
  Appetite. — Immediate  vomiting  and diarrhea, however
little is eaten.
  Stomach.—Violent nausea,  with  desire  to  vomit, with
excessive thirst; violent vomiting, Avith continued nausea,
great exhaustion and desire to lie doAvn ;  vomiting; of  black
bile and blood; vomiting, Avith diarrhea; the least drop of
liquid and the slightest movement  excites  the vomitings ;
burning sensation in the pit of  the stomach.
  Abdominal Region. — Excessively painful  sensitiveness
of the abdomen, when touched; cramps  in the abdomen,
and cuttings, as if from knives ; burning- sensation through
the whole extent of the abdomen, as if from hot coals.
  Fozces. — Loose,  blackish,  greenish, brownish evacua-
tions ; unnoticed evacuation of liquid faeces.
   Urine. — Retention of urine ; urine diminished.
   Genital Organs. — Menses suppressed, Avith delirium.
   Chest. — Chest  very much   oppressed;  cramp  in  the 
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chest, with painful constriction ; violent  palpitation of the
heart, which causes heaving of the chest.
  Arms. — Icy  coldness  of the  hands;  cramps  in the
fingers.
  Legs. — Violent cramps in the calves of the legs and
feet; icy coldness of the feet.

                      68. Zincum.
   General Symptoms. — Tearing in the  limbs, aggravated
whenever one is over-heated or takes  exercise; pain, as if
from  excoriation; the symptoms are aggravated in an ex-
traordinary degree by Chamomile, Nux vomica and  wine,
substances which also excite them, particularly the noc-
turnal uneasiness and constipation; the majority of the
symptoms manifest themselves after dinner and  toward the
evening ;  violent trembling of the whole body, particularly
after every mental emotion ; heaviness, lassitude and exces-
sive weakness, principally when walking, or on Avaking  in
the morning.
   Skin. — Herpes and herpetic ulcers.
   Sleep. — Sleep  by  day and continued desire to sleep,
especially in the morning, or after a meal, with inclination
to yawn ; unrefreshing sleep ;  fantastic, frightful, agitated,
or  disgusting and terrific dreams,  with talking and cries
during sleep,  excessive coldness of the feet at night.
   Fever. — Febrile shuddering, with flushes of heat; violent
trembling of the limbs, short and hot breath, and pulsation
in the whole body.
   Moral Symptoms. — Fretful, peevish humor, with dislike
to conversation, especially in the evening ; aversion to labor ;
fickleness, with sadness  toward noon  and joy in the even-
ing, and vice versa.
   Head. — Pressive cephalalgia in the forehead, Avith con-
fusion, or else in the temples and occiput, principally  in the 
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MATERIA MEDICA.
morning; shootings and tearing in the head, especially in
the sipes, temples, forehead  and occiput, aggravated after
dinner; itching and  sensation of excoriation in the hairy
scalp, or pain, as if from ulceration ; baldness.
  Eyes. — Itching,  smarting, and sensation  as if from ex-
coriation in  the  eyes, eyelids, and internal canthi; falling-
down and paralysis of the upper eyelids.
  Ears. — Otalgia, with tearing  lancinations and  external
swelling, especially in children ; flow of fetid pus from the
ears ; humming in the ears. 
ERRATA.
Pag« 37 read "poisone d," instead of "poisonous."
 "   59, line 14, read "defer  the farther," instead of "wait  witli the."
 "   59,  "  30, at its end, insert the word "alter namely-"     :
 "   88,  "  12, read "it," instead of "is."
 "327,  "  5, insert after emptied "through."
 "  349,  "  16, read "glans," instead of "gland."
 "  351, last line, read "glans," instead of "glands."
 "  355, insert  after chlorosis  "green disease."
 "  398, line 8,  insert after as " t h i s."
 •*  415, last line, "serum," instead of "scrum "
 "  421, line 8, after ventricle  insert "and  auricle."
 "  421,  "  9, read "the auricles,"  instead of "these ventricles."
 "421,  "  12 and 17, read "heart," instead of "ventricle."
 "422,  "  5, read "is," instead of "he."
 "  447,  "  20, omit "which."
 "  447,  "  22, read "and that," instead of "such as." 
 
GLOSSARY   OF   MEDICAL   TERMS.
Abortus.  Miscarriage ; ahortion.
Abscess.  A collection of pus  seated
  in any particular organ or tissue.
Adhesion. In  surgery, the reunion
  of parts that have been divided, by
  means of a special kind of inflam
  mation, denominated the adhesive.
  In pathology, the morbid union of
  parts -which  are naturally  contig-
  uous, though  not adherent, through
  the instrumentality of adhesive in-
  flammation.
Adhesive Inflammation. The process
  by which wounds are united. It is
  often synonymous with union by
  the first intention.
Adypsia.   The absence  of natural
  thirst.
Alkali.  A substance  which  unites
  with  acids in definite proportions,
  so as to neutralize their properties
  more or less perfectly, and to form
  salts.  It changes vegetable blues to
  green.
Allopathy.  A term used  by hmceo-
  pathic writers to designate the old
  practice of medicine in contradis-
  tinction to their own, now  gener-
  ally employed by both parties ; lit-
  erally implies curing  one disease by
  another.
Amenorrhea.  Absence or stoppage
  of the menstrual flux.
Anasarca.  Dropsy of the cellular
  tissue, or membrane, immediately
  under the skin.
Angina.  Sore throat.  The term is
  also applied to diseases  with diffi-
  cult respiration.
Angina Membranacea.  Croup.
Angina Parotidea. Mumps.
Angina Pharyngia.    Inflammation
  of the membrane which forms the
  pharynx.
Anorexia.  Want of appetit*.
Anthrax.  Carbuncle.
Antipholigistic.  Applied to reme-
  dies  employed in the old system
  against  Inflammation ;  literally,
  against heat.
Antrum  Highmori.  The  maxillary
  sinus.  A hollow  or  cavity above
  the teeth of the upper jaw, in the mid
  die of the superior maxillary bone.
Anus.  The inferior opening of the
  rectum.
Apoplexia.  Apoplexy; a loss of vol-
  untary  motion and consciousness.
  See Diagnosis under this head.
Apyrexia.  The  intervals  between
  febrile paroxysms.
Arthritis.  Gout.
Ascaris, plur. Ascarides. Pin-worms.
Asphyxia.  Apparent death.
Asthenic  Low ;  applied to disease ;
  literally, want of strength.
Astringents.  Medicaments  used in
  the old practice to contract the an-
  imal fibre.
Atony. A want of tone or energy in
  the muscular power.
Atrophy.  A morbid state of the di-
  gestive system, in which the  food
  taken into the  stomach fails to af-
  ford  sufficient  nourishment.   A
  wasting of the whole, or of  individ-
  ual parts of the body.
Auscultation.   The  detection  of
  symptoms by the ear in disease.
Bilious.  Connected with the secre-
  tion of  bile.
Blepharitis   Inflammation of the
  eyelids.  „
Borborygmus. Rumbling in the in-
  testines, caused by flatus or wind.
Bronchia ; Bronchi. The tubes  into
  which the trachea or windpipe di-
  vides. 
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GLOSSARY  OF  MEDICAL  TERMS.
Bronchitis.  Inflammation  of  the
  ramifications of the windpipe.
Bulimy ; Bulimia.  Canine, or exces-
  sive hunger.

Cadaverous.  Resembling a corpse.
Ccecum.   The  blind gut ;  so called
  from its being perforated at one end
  only.
Carcinoma. Cancer, adj. Carcinoma-
  tous.
Cardialgia.  Spasm of the stomach.
Carditis.  Inflammation of the heart.
Caries.  Ulceration of the bones.
Carotids.  The  name  of two large
  arteries of the neck.
Carpologia.   Picking  at the  bed
  clothes.
Cartilage.  Gristle.
Catamenia. The menstrual flux.
Catarrh.   Cold; used, also, to ex
  press inflammation of the mucous
  membrane.
Catarrhal Opthalmia   Simple in-
  flammation of the conjunctiva.
Cathartic Purgative.
Cellular Tissue.  Tne fine, net-like
  membrane enveloping or connect-
  ing most of the structures of the
  human body.
Cephalalgia.  Headache.
Cerbreal.   Appertaining   to  the
  brain.
Cervical.  Belonging to the neck.
Cessatio Mensium.   Discontinuance
  of the menstrual flux.
Chlorosis.  Green sickness.
Chronic  Long  continued,  in con-
  tradistinction to acute
Cicatrix.  A scar left after the heal-
  ing of a wound, etc.
Olavi Pedis.  Corns.
Clonic Spasm.  A spasm which is not
  of  long duration.  It is opposed to
  tonic spasm, which see.
Coagula.  Clots of blood.
Coagulable Lymph. The term given
  to the fluid which is slowly effused
  into wounds, and afterward forms
  the uniting medium or cicatrice.
Colic  Griping in the intestines.
Collapse.  Failing  of vitality.
Colliquative.  Excessive  discharge
  of any secretion.
Coma.  Drowsiness.
Coma  Somnolentum.    Drowiness,
  with relapse thereunto  on being
  roused.
Comatose.  Drowsy.
Compress.  Soft lint, linen, etc., fold-
  ed together so as to form  a pad, for
  the purpose of being placed, and se-
  cured by means of a bandage, on
  parts which require pressure.
Congestio ad Caput.  Determination
  of blood to the head.
Congestio ad Pectus.  Determination
  of blood to the chest.
Congestion.   Overfullness  of  the
  bloodvessels of some particular or-
  gan.
Conjunctiva.  The membrane lining
  the  eyelids, and extending over the
  fore part of the eyeballs.
Contagion.  Propagation of a disease
  by contact.
Cornea.   The  anterior transparent
  portion of the eye.  It is of a horny
  consistence.
Coryza.   Cold in the head.
Coxagra.  Inflammation of the  hip-
  joint. Literally, seizure  or pain in
  the  hip
Coxalgia   Literally, pain in the hip ;
  inflammation of  the hip joint.
Cranium.  The skull.
crepitation.  Grating sensation, or
  noise, such as is caused by pressing
  the  finger upon a part  affected with
  emphysema ; by  the ends of a frac-
  tured bone when moved ; or by cer-
  tain salts during calcination.
Crepitant Rhonchus, or Rale.  The
  fine crackling noise  heard in conse-
  quence of the passage of air through
  a viscid fluid.  It is  heard in the
  first stage of inflammation of the
  lungs.
Crepitus.  Crackling  or grating.
Cutaneous.  Appertaining to the skin.
Cuticle.  The outer or scarf skin.
Cystitis   Inflammation of the  blad-
  der.
Deglutition. The  act of swallowing.
Delirium.  Derangement of the brain,
  raving.
Depletion.  Abstraction of the flu-
  ids ; generally applied to venesection
Desiccation.  A drying up.
Desquamation.  Falling  off of the
  epidermis  in form of scales.
Diapiiragmitis.  Inflammation of the
  diaphragm (muscular partition be-
  tween the thorax and abdomen )
Diagnosis.  Distinction of maladies.
Diarrhea,  Looseness of the bowels.
Diathes s.  Constitutional tendency.
Dietetic.  Relating to diet.
Diplopia.  Affection  of the eyes,  in
  which  objects appear double  or in-
  creased in number.
Diuretic  Medicines which increase
  the secretion of  urine.
Dorsal.   Appertaining to the back.
Drastic.  Powerful purgatives.
Duodenum.  The first intestine  after
  the  stomach,  so called  from  its
  length ; the twelve-inch gut. 
GLOSSARY  OF  MEDICAL  TERMS.
543
Dysi rasia.  A  morbid condition of
  the system ; adj. Dyscrastic.
Dyseco a.  Deafness.
Dysmenorrhea.  Painful menstrua-
  tion.
Dyspepsia.  Indigestion ;  literally,
  difficulty of appetite.
Dyspnoea.  Difficulty of  respiration.
  Shortness of breath.
Dysuria.  Difficulty in passing urine.

Effusion.  A pouring out, or escape
  of lymph or other secretion.
Emaciation.  A  falling  off in  the
  flesh.
Emetic.   Provoking vomiting.
Encephalitis.   Inflammation of the
  brain and membranes,
Endemic  Peculiar to a particular
  locality.
Endocakd.tis.  Inflammation  of the
  internal parts of the heart.
Entekalga.  Colic.
Enteritis.  Inflammation of the in-
  testines.
Ephemeral.  Of a day's duration.
Ephialtes.  Nightmare.
Epidemic.  Diseases arising from gen-
  eral causes.
Epigastbium.   The  region  of  the
  stomach.
Epilepsy : Epilepsia.  Falling  sick-
  ness.
Epistaxis. Bleeding from the nose.
Epithelium.  The cuticle.
Erysipelas.    St.  Anthony's   fire.
  Rose.  A disease of the skin.
Erysipelas Phelgmonodes.   Phleg-
  monous erysipelas.
E iysipelas 02dematodes.  (Edema-
  tous erysipelas.
E iysipelas Err-aticcm.  Wandering
  erysipelas.
Erysipelas Gangrenosum.  Gangren-
  ous erysipelas.
Erysipelas Neonatorum.  Induration
  of the cellular tissue in infants.
Exacerbation.  Aggravation  of fe-
  ver , etc.
Exanthema.   Eruption  terminating
  in exfoliation.
Expectoration.  Discharge  of any
  matter;  phlegm;  pus  from  the
  chest.
Exudation.  Discharge of fluid from
  the skin, etc.
Faeces.   Alvine excrement.
Fascia.  In anatomy,  the tendinous
  expansion of muscles  which  bind
  parts together, are called fascia:.
Fauces.  The throat.
Febris.  Fever.
Febris  Nervosa.  Nervous fever, or
  typhus.
Femur.  The bone of the thigh.
First Intention.  See Union by the.
Fistula   An  obstinate, tube-like
  sore, with  a narrow  orifice ; adj.
  Fistulous.
Fistula Lachrymalis.  An ulcerated
  opening in the lachrymal sac.
Flatus.  Wind in  the   intestines.
  Flatulency.
Fostus.  The infant in the womb.
Fomentation.  The  application  of
  flannel wet with warm water.
Functional Diseases. Those in which
  there  is supposed  to  he only de-
  rangement of action.
Furunculus.   A boil.
Furunculus  Malignans.   Carbuncle.
Gangrene.  Incipient mortification.
  adj. Gangrenous.
Gastralgia.   Pain in the stomach.
Gastric.  Belonging to the stomach.
Gastritis.   Inflammation  of  the
  stomach.
Gastrodynia.  Vide  Cardialgia.
Gland.   A small body met with in
  many parts  of the body, and con-
  sisting of various tissues, bloodves-
  sels, nerves, etc.
Glossitis.   Inflammation 'of  the
  tongue.
Glottis.  Opening of the windpipe.
  The superior opening of the larynx.
Granulation.  See Incarnation.
Hematemesis.  Vomiting of blood.
Hemoptysis.  Discharge of blood from
  the lungs.   Spitting of blood.
Hemorrhage.  Discharge  of blood.
Hemorrhoides.  Piles.
Hectic Fever. Habitual or protract-
  ed fever.
Helminthiasis.  Worm disease.
Hemiplegia.   Paralysis of  one  side
  of the body, longitudinally.
Hepatitis.  Inflammation of the liv-
  er.
Hepatization.  Structural  derange-
  ment of the lungs, the result of in-
  flammation, changing them into a
  substance   resembling   the  liver;
  hence its name.
Hernia.  Rupture.
Hernia Congenital.  Congenital her-
  nia. Literally, hernia from birth.
Herpes Circinnatus.  Ringworm.
Hordeolum.   Stye.
Hydrocephalus.  Water in the head.
Hydrophobia Symptomatica.  Symp-
  toms resembling those arising from
  hydrophobic virus, appearing  dur-
  ing the course of other diseases.
Hypertrophy. A morbid increase of
  any organ,  arising from excessive
  nutrition.
Hypocratic  Sunken and corpse-like. 
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GLOSSARY  OF MEDICAL TERMS.
 Hypochondrium.  Region of  the ab-
   domen, contained under the cartil-
   age of the false ribs.
 Hypochondriasis.   Spleen  disease ;
   great  depression  of spirits,  with
   general  derangement;  adj. Hypo-
   chondriacal.
 Hypogastrium. The lower anterior
   portion of the abdomen.
 Hysteria.  Nervous affection; almost
   peculiar to females.
 Ichor.  A thin, watery discharge se-
   creted from  wounds, ulcers,  etc.;
   adj. Ichorous.
 Icterus.  Jaundice.
 Icterus Neonatorum.   Jaundice  of
   infants.
 Idiopathic  Original or primary dis-
   ease.
 Idiosyncrasy. Individual peculiarity.
 Ilium.  The haunch-bone.  It, together
   with  the  pubis, sacrum, and ischi-
   um, contributes to form the  pelvis.
 Ileus Miserere.  A form of colic,  a
   twisting pain in  the region of the
   navel.
 Incarcerated. Strangulated or con-
   stricted ; a term applied to rupture.
 Incarnation.  The process by which
   abscesses or ulcers are healed ; this
   takes place by means of little grain-
   like  fleshy   bodies, denominated
   granulations, which form  on the
   surface  of ulcers or suppurating
   wounds, etc., and serve  the double
   purpose of filling up the cavities
   and bringing closely together and
   uniting their sides.
 Incubus.  The  nightmare.
 Infection.  Propagation  of  disease
  by effluvia.
 Infiltration.   Diffusion of fluids in-
  to the cellular tissue.
 Integuments.  The  coverings of any
  part of the body.   The skin, with
  the adherent fat and  cellular mem-
  brane, form  the   common  integu-
  ments
 Intention.  See Union by the first.
 Ischias.   Pain  in the hip.
 Ischuria.  Suppression of urine.
 Lachrymation. Tear-shedding.
 Lactation.  Suckling; also the pro-
  cess of the secretion of milk.
 Lacteal.  Appertaining to the pro-
  cess of the secretion of milk.
 Lactiferous. Conducting or convey-
  ing the milk.
Laryngeal.  Belonging to the larynx.
Laryngitis.   Inflammation  of  the
  larnx.
Larynx.  Upper part of the windpipe.
Lesions.  Injuries  inflicted  by vio-
  lence,  etc.
 Lesion, Organic Structural derange-
   ment, or injury.
 Leuco-phlegmatic  Torpid  or slug-
   gish ;  mostly applied to a tempera-
   ment characterized by want of ten-
   sion  of fibre ;  with  light hair, and
   general  inertness of the physical
   and mental powers.
 Leucorrhcea.  Female  sexual  weak-
   ness; vulg. Whites.
 Lochia. Discharge  from the womb
   after delivery.
 Lumbago.  Rheumatism in the loins.
 Lumbar. Appertaining to the loins.
 Lumbricus.  The  round or long worm.
 Luxation. Dislocation.
 Lymph.  A colorless liquid, circula-
   ting in the  lymphatics.
 Lymphatic  As  applied to tempera-
   ment; same as  leucophlegmatic.
 Lymphatics.  Absorbent vessels with
   glands and valves distributed over
   the body.
 Lymphatic   Glands.   Conglobate
   Glands.  These are composed of a
   texture of absorbents, or lymphatic
   vessels,  connected together by  a
   cellular membrane.
 Mamma. The breast in the female ;
   adj. Mammillary.
 Mania.   Insanity; madness
 Marasmus.  A  wasting away  of  the
   body.
 Materia Medica. The title of that
   splendid  work  of  the  immortal
   Hahnemann, in which the true pro-
   perties of medicaments are  given,
  as determined by experiment upon
  the  healthy body.
 Maxillary. Appertaining to the jaws
  The superior and inferior maxillary
  bones  from the upper and  lower
 ' jaws.
 Megrim.  A pain affecting only one
  side of the head.
 Meibomean  Glands.   Small  glands
  within the  inner membrane of the
  eyelids.
 Menorrhagia.  Excessive  discharge
  or blood from the uterus.
 Menses  and  Menstual Flux.   The
  monthly period.
 Meningitis Spinalis.  Inflammation
  of the spinal membranes.
 Metastasis.  The passing of a disease
  from one part to another.
Meteorismcs. Extreme inflation  of
  the  intestines.
Metrorrhagia.   Discharge of blood
  from the womb.
Miasm, or Miasma [Marsh.) Peculiar
 effluvia or emanations from swampy
 grounds.
Micturition.  Urination. 
GLOSSARY OF MEDICAL TERMS.
545
Miliaria.  Eruption of minute trans-
  parent vesicles of the size of millet
  seeds : miliary eruption.
Miliaria Purpura.  Scarlet-rash.
Morbus Coxarius.   Disease of the
  hip; hip-disease.
Mucous  Membrane.  The membrane
  which lines the sides  of cavities
  which communicate with  the ex-
  ternal air, such as that which lines
  the  mouth, stomach, etc.
Mucus.  One of the primary animal
  fluids ; secretion from the nostrils.
Myelitis.  Inflammation  of the spi-
  nal  marrow.
Myopia. Short  sight; near-sighted-
  ness.
Narcotic   Having the  property  of
  inducing sleep.
Nasal.  Belonging to the nose.
Nasal Cartilages.  The  cartilages of
  the  nose.
Neprhitis.  Inflammation of the kid-
  neys.
Neuralgia Facialis.  Face-ache.
Nodosities.  Swellings ;  nodes,  a
  swelling of the bone or thickening
  of the periosteum.
Notalgia.  Pains in the loins.
Occiput.  The  posterior  part of the
  head.
Odontalgia.  Toothache.
CEdema. Swelling; dropsical swell-
  ing; adj. (Edematous.
Olfaction. The act of smelling.
Omentum.   The  caul.   The  viscus
  consists of folds of the peritoneum
  connected together by  cellular tis-
  sue; it is attached to the stomach,
  lying on the anterior surface of the
  bowels.
Ophthalmia.   By this term is  now
  usually understood simple inflam-
  mation  of the conjunctiva.   Catar-
  rhal Opthalmia.
Opthalmic Nerve.  The  first branch
  given off from the Gasserian gangli-
  on of the fifth pair of nerves; it di-
  vides  into the  lachrymal,  frontal,
  and nasal nerves.
Opthalmitis.   Inflammation  of the
  entire ball of the eye.
Organic Disease.  In pathology, dis-
  eases  in which there is derangement
  or alternation of structure are term-
  ed organic.
Os Uteri.  The mouth or opening  of
  the  womb.
Ossicula Auditoria. The small bones
  of the ear.  They are situated in the
  cavity of the tympanum, and are
  four in numbered: termed, the mal-
  leus,  incus,  stapes, and os-orbicu-
  lare.
Otalgia.  Earache.
Otitis.  Inflammation of the ear.
Otorrhea.  A discharge, or running
  from the ear.
Ozjena.  An ulcer situated in the nose.
  See Otana.
Palate Bones.  These are  placed at
  the back part of the  roof of the
  mouth, between the superior max-
  illary and  sphenoid hones, and ex-
  tended from thence to the floor of
  the orbit.
Palpitatio  Cordis.   Palpitation of
  the heart.
Panaris.  Whitlow ; panaritium ; pa-
  ronychia.
Pancreas.  A  gland  situated trans-
  versely behind the stomach.
Paralysis.  Palsy.
Paralyse  Paraplegtca.   Paralysis
  affecting one-half of the body trans-
  versely.
Parenchyma.  The connecting medi-
  um of the substance of the lungs.
Parotitis.  Inflammation of the par-
  otid gland; the mumps.
Paroxism.  A periodical fit of a dis-
  ease.
Parturition.   The act of  bringing
  forth.
Pathogenetic   The producing  or
  creating of abnormal phenomena.
Pathognomic  Characteristic of and
  peculiar to any disease.
Pathology. The investigation of the
  nature of disease.
Pectoral. Appertaining to the chest.
Pectus.  The chest.
Pelvis.  The basin-shaped cavity be-
  low the abdomen, containing the
  bladder, and rectum, and womb in
  woman.
Percussion. The act of striking upon
  the chest, etc., in  order  to  elicit
  sounds to ascertain the state of the
  subjacent parts.
Pericarditis.   Inflammation  of the
  Pericardium  (sac  containing the
  heart.)
Perineum.  The  space  between the
  anus and the external sexual organs.
Periosteum.  The membrane which
  envelopes the bones.
Peritonaeum.  The serous membrane
  which lines the cavity of the abdo-
  men, and envelopes the viscera con-
  tained therein.
Peritonitis.  Inflammation of the
  peritoneum.
Petechia.  Spots of a  red  or pur-
  ple hue, resembling a flea bite.
Phagedenic  A. term applied to any
  sores which eat away the parts, as
  it were. 
546             GLOSSARY OF  MEDICAL TERMS.
Pharynx.  The throat, or upper part
  of the gullet.
Phase.  Appearance, or change exhib-
  ited by any body, or by disease.
Phlebitis.  Inflammation of the veins.
Phlegmatic  Vide  Leuco phlegmatic.
Phlegmon.  An inflammation of that
  nature which is otherwise termed
  healthy inflammation.
Phrenit s.   Inflammation  of  the
  brain.
Phthisis. (Pulmonalis) Cousumption,
  abscess of the lungs.
Physiology.  The branch of medicine
  which treats of the functions of the
  human body.
Plethora.  An excessive fullness  of
  the bloodvessels.
Pleura. The serous  membrane which
  lines  the  cavity  of the  thorax  or
  chest.
Pleuritis or  Pleurisy.   Inflamma-
  tion of the pleura.
Pleurodynia.  Pain or stitch in the
  side.
Pneumonia, Pneumonitis,  Peripneu-
  monia.  Inflammation  of  the par-
  enchyma of the lung.
Polypus.  A tumor  most  frequently
  met  with in the  nose,  uterus, or
  vagina.
Porrigo Scutulata. Ringworm of
  the scalp.
Precordial Region. The fore-part
  of the chest.
Prognosis .  The faculty of predicting
  what will take place in diseases.
Prolapsus  Ani.  Protrusion of- the
  intestines.
Prosopalgia.  Faceache.
Prurigo. Itching of the skin.
Psoas Muscles. The names of two
  muscles situate in  the loins.
Psoitis.  Inflammation of the psoas
  muscles.
Pubis.  The pubic or share-bone.
Puerperal Fever.  Appertaining to
  childbed.
Puriform.  Pus-like, resembling pus.
Purulent.  Of the  character of pus.
Pus.  Matter.  A  whitish,  bland,
  cream-like fluid, found in abscesses,
  or on the surface of sores.
Pustule.  An elevation of the scarf-
  skin, containing pus or lymph, and
  having an inflamed base.
Pyrosis.  Heart-burn; water-brash.

Quinsy.  Inflammatory sore throat.
Quotidian. Intermittent, about twen-
  ty-four hours intervening between
  the attacks.
Rabies.   Madness arising from  the
  bite of a rabid animal, generally
  applied to the disease showing itself
  in the brute creation.
Rachitis.   The rickets.
Kaucitas.  Hoarseness.
Rectum. The last of the large intes-
  tines, terminating in the anus.
Remittent.  A term applied to fe-
  vers with marked remissions , and
  generally subsequent exacerbation.
Repercussed.  Driven in.
Resolution.   A  termination  of in-
  flammatory  affections without ab-
  scess, mortification, etc.  The term
  is also applied to the dispersion of
  swellings, indurations, etc.
Rheumatic Ophthalmia.  Inflamma-
  tion of the tunica albuginea, and of
  the  sclerotica.
Rose.  A term applied to erysipelas,
  from its color.
Rubeola.   Measles.
Sacrum. The  bone which forms the
  base of the vertebral column.
Saliva.  The fluid secreted by the sa-
  livary glands into the cavity of the
  mouth.
Sanguineous,  Consisting of blood.
Sanies.  A  thin greenish discharge of
  of fetid matter, from  sores,  fistulae,
  etc., adj.  sanious.
Scabies. Psora.   Itch.
Scapula. The shoulder blade.
Sciatica.   A rheumatic affection of
  the  hip-joint.
Sciatic  Nerve,  A branch of a nerve
  of the lower extremity.
Scirrhus.  Indolent, glandular tumor,
  generally preceding cancer  in an
  ulcerated form.
Sclerotica.  The hard membrane of
  the eye ; it is situated  immediately
  under the conjunctiva.
Scrobiculus.  Pit of the stomach.
Scorbutus.  Scurvy.
Scrofulous Ophthalmia.  Inflamma-
  tion of the conjunctiva, with slight
  redness, but  great  intolerance  of
  light, and the formation of pimples,
  or small pustules.
Secretory  Vessels, or Organs. Parts
  of the animal economy, which sep-
  arate or secrete the various fluids of
  the  body.
Semi-Lateral.  Limited to one side.
Sinus.  A cavity or depression.
Solidification.  Vide Hepatization
Somnolence.  Disposition to  sleep.
Specific.  A remedy possessing a pe-
  culiar curative  action in  certain
  diseases.
Spleen.  A  spongy viscous organ, of
  a livid color, placed on the posterior
  part of the left hypochondrium.
Splenitis.  Inflammation of spleen. 
GLOSSARY  OF
Splints.   Long, thin pieces of wood,
  tin, or  strong pasteboard, used for
  preventing the extremities of frac-
  tured bones from  moving  so as to
  interrupt the process by which they
  arc united.
Sputa.   Expectoration  of  different
  kinds.
St. Anthony's Fire.  Erysipelas.
Stertorous. Snoring.
Stomacace. Canker or scurvy of the
  mouth.
Strabismus.  Squinting.
Strangury.   Painful  discharge  of
  urine.
Sternum.  The breast-bone.
Stethoscope.  An instrument to as-
  sist the ear, in examining the mor-
  bid sounds of the chest.
Stricture.  A constriction of  a tube
  or duct of some part of  the body.
Struma.  Scrofula.  The king's evil;
  adj. Strumous.
Stye.  An inflammatory small tumor
  on the  eyelid.
Sub-Maxillary. Under the jaw.
Sub-Maxillary Glands.   Glands on
  the inner side of the lower jaw.
Sub-Mucous Tissue. Placed under the
  mucous membrane.
Sudorifics.  Medicines  which pro-
  duce sweating.
Sugillation.  A bruise,  or extrava-
  gated blood.
Suppuration.  The morbid action by
  which  pus is deposited,  in inflam-
  matory tumor, etc.
Syncope.  Fainting or swooning.
Synocha.  Continued  inflammatory
  fever.
Synovia.  A peculiar, unctious fluid
  secreted within the joints, which it
  lubricates, and thereby  serves to fa-
  cilitate their motions.
Synovial Membrane.  The membrane
  which  lines the  cavities of the
  joints,  and secretes the synovia.
T.inia.  Tape-worm.
Tartar.  A concretion encrusting the
  teeth.
Temporal. Appertaining to temples.
Tendon.  The white and shining ex-
  tremity of a muscle.
Tenesmus.  Painful and constant ur-
  ging to alvine evacuations, without
  a discharge.
Tetanus, adj.  Tetanic.  A spasmodic
  rigidity of the parts affected.
Therapeutics.  That branch of medi-
  cine describes the action of the dif-
  ferent means employed  for the cur-
  ing of diseases, and of the applica-
  tion of those means.
Thorax.  The chest, or that part of
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  the body situated between the neck
  and the abdomen.
Thrush.  Numerous small white ves-
  icles in the mouth.  See Thrush.
Tic Douloureux.  Face-ache.
Tinea  Annularis.  Tinea  Capitis.
  Ringworm of the scalp.
Tinea Faciei.  Milk-crust; milk scab.
Titillation.  Tickling.
Tonic  Medicines  which are said to
  increase the  tone of the  muscular
  fibre when debilitated and relaxed.
Tonsils. The oblong, sub-oval glands
  placed between  the arches of the
  palate.
Tonsilitis.  Inflammation of the ton-
  sils.
Trachea.  The  windpipe.
Tracheotomy.  An operation by open-
  ing the windpipe.
Traumatic Appertaining to wounds;
  arising from wounds.
Tremor. Trembling.
Trismus. Lock-jaw.
Trituration.   The reduction  of  a
  substance  to  minute division, by
  means of long-continued rubbing.
Tubercle.  A small, round, eruptive
  swelling,  anatomically  speaking.
  In pathology, the name is applied
  to a peculiar morbid product occur-
  ring in various organs or textures,
  in the form of small, round, isola-
  ted masses of a dull whitish yellow,
  or yellowish gray  color,  opaque,
  unorganized,  and varying in shape
  and consistence according to their
  stage  of development and the tex-
  ture of part in which they  are en-
  gendered.
Typhoid.  Applied to  diseases of a
  low character.
Umbilical Cord.   The navel string.
Umbilicus.  The navel.
Union by the first intention. The
  healing of wounds by adhesion; the
  growing together of the  opposite
  surfaces of  a  wound when brought
  into  close approximation, without
  suppuration or  granulation.  The
  latter process of healing  is some-
  times designated the second inten-
  tion.
Urethra.  The urinary canal.
Urticaria.  Nettle-rash.
Uterus. The womb.
Varicella.  Pimples, quickly form-
  ing  pustules,  seldom passing into
  suppuration,  but  bursting  at the
  point and drying into scabs.  Chick-
  en-pock.
Variola.  Smallpox.
Variola. Spuria.  (Varicella.) Chick-
  en-pock. 
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GLOSSARY OF MEDICAL TERMS.
Varix, plur.  Varices.   Swelling or
  enlargement of the veins.
Venesection.   The  abstraction  of
  blood by opening a vein.
Vertigo.  Giddiness, with a  sensa-
  tion as if falling.
Vesicle.  A small bladder-like erup-
  tion; an  elevation of  the  cuticle
  containing a transparent watery
  fluid.
Vicarious.  Acting as a substitute.
Virus.  Contagion or poison.
Viscid.  Glutinous and gelatinous.
Viscvs, plur.  Viscera. Any  organ  of
  the system.  A bowl.
Vomica.  An abscess of  the lungs.
Zygomatic Process.  A thin narrow
  projection  of  bone,  defining the
  squamous portion  of  the temporal
  bone at its base. 
INDEX.
Abdomen, dropsy of the   -    -  337
    "     external injuries of the 339
Abdominal inflammation    -   289
Ablutions.....453
Abortion.....368
Abscesses.....81
Abscess in the gums     -    -   193
Acute dropsy     ....  254
Adherence of the after-birth  -   371
Affections of the ears    -    -   152
    "       "   eyes  -    -    -  140
    "       "   face,  lips,  and
                jaws   -    -   174
            "   head  -    -    -  115
            "   mind    -    -   110
      from fright and fear  -   -  110
      excessive joy     -    -   110
      grief.....110
      home  sickness    -     -   110
      unhappy love   -    -    -  110
      jealousy                  110
      mortification, insult -   -  110
      contradiction and chagrin 111
      violent anggr -    -     -   111
    "    of the hose  -    -    -  163
    "      "   penis    -     -   349
    "      "   stomach and bow-
                 els  -    -   - 257
    "      "   teeth, gums, and
                 mouth -    -    180
    "      "   testicles   -   -  350
    "      "   throat  -    -    199
    "      "   windpipe and chest210
After-birth, Adherence of the -  371
After-pains    ...    -    372
Agrypnia.....17
Ague in the breast -   -    -    375
Air and exercise     -   -   -  442
Allopecia      ....    139
Amaurosis.....149
Amblyopia     -                149
Amygdalitis.....208
Anatomy and Physiology  -  395, 397
Anatomy of the bones  -    -    400
Anger  ------  111
Angina faucium   -    -    -    199
   "    gangrenosa   -    -   -  205
   "    membranacea  -     -    213
Anorexia.....257
Anthrax   -   -    -    •
Anury      -
Anus, itching of the
Aphonia     -
Aphthae   -
Apoplexia   -    -    -    -
Apoplexy -    -    -    -
Apparent death from hunger
    "  from drowning
    "  from freezing
 82
343
335
210
383
122
122
 25
 26
 28
   "  from hanging, choking, or
       suffocating by burdens and
       pressure     ...    28
   "  from noxious vapors    -   29
   "  from a fall or blow   -    29
   '  of a new-born infant    -  381
Appetite, morbid    -    -    -   258
   "      want of              257
Arachnoiditis -                124
Arthritis.....7
Ascaris  lumbricoides    -  -  -   300
   "     vermicularis -    -    -  300
Asiatic Gholera     -    -    -   325
Asphyxia.....38l
Asthma.....248
   "  Millari   -   -    -    -  389
   "   of  Millar    -    -     -   254
   "   of  children   -    -    -  389
Backache.....9
Bad taste in the mouth    -    -  188
Bedridden.....72
Biliousness  .    -    -    -    -  267
Bilious  colic   ...    -   279
Bilious  rheumatic fever   -    -   95
Birth, premature    -   -    -   370
  "   regular    -              371
Bites and stings of  insects   -    36
Bites of serpents  -               37
Black vomit   -             97, 270
Bladder, inflammation of  the  -  342
    "   piles of the    -    -   347
Bleeding of the nose  -    -    -  165
Blindness.....149
    "    incipient    -    -    -  149
    "    sudden    -   -    -    149
    "    by night     -    -    -   150
    "    by day    -   -    -    150
Bloody  Flux    -    -    -    -319
Boils......82 
550
INDEX.
Bowels, affections of the  -
   "    inflammation of the -
   "    looseness of the
Breast.....
  "   ague in the
  "   gathered -    -    -    -
Breath, offensive -   -    -    -
Bronchitis    ....
Bulimy......
Burns and scalds
Buzzing of the ears
Calculus.....
Cancer......
  "   of the face  -
  "   of the nose
Canker of the mouth
Carbuncles.....
Cardialgia -    -
Carditis.....
Caries of the teeth  -
Carious teeth     ....
Cataract.....
Catarrhal cough   -   -    -    -
    "   dry   ....
    "   loose   ....
Catarrh.....
Cessation of the menses
Chafing of bedridden patients
Chagrin.....
Change of life -    -    -
Chancre.....
Chapped hands from working in
    water.....
Chest, affections of  -
  "   congestion  of the
  "   contusion of the
  "   dropsy in the
Chicken pox   ....
Chilblains.....
Children, treatment of
Chills and fever  -   -    -    -
Chlorosis.....
Choking fits     ....
Cholera Asiatica
   "   infantum
   "   morbus
Cholerina.....
Chorea.....
Chronic Angina   ....
   "   dropsy of the chest
   "   dyspepsia
   "   eruptions
   "   hoarseness
   "   inflammation of the eyes
Circulation of the blood
Clap......
Clavi pedis.....
Clothing and occupation
Cold in the head -
  "  swelling  ....
Colica......
Colic bilious  -
  "  flatulent or windy
  "  painter's or lead
Colic with obstinate constipation
  "  caused by piles or hemor-
     rhoids -    -   -    -
     inflammatory intestines -
     from worms
     from indigestion
     from indignation, rage
     from a chill
     from cold, damp weather
     from bathing  -
     from external injuries
     in children
     in pregnant or lying-in wo-
      men    .   -    .    .
     in hysterical women -
     at time of menses  -
     from low spirits  -
     during confinement
     griping
     of infants
Common or ephemeral fever
    "   sore throat
Concussions
Confinement, duration of
Congestio ad caput
Congestion and  stagnation  of
  blood in the abdomen
Congestion of blood to the head
    "      of the chest
Congestion or determination of
     blood to the head
    from great joy -
    fright or fear -
    anger, violent
    anger, suppressed -
    a fall or blow
    loss of blood -
    a cold.....
    constipation  -    ■
    drinking liquors
    sedentary habits   -
    critical periods of girls
    stoppage of menstruation
    dentition in children
Congestive fever  -
Constipation   ....
     "     of infants
Consumption, galloping -
     "       pulmonary  -
     "       scrofulous
Contagious typhus
Contradiction  -    -    -   -
Contusion of the chest, by a fall
    or blow -     -    -    -
Convulsions or spasms of infants
Corns     -
Coryza.....
Coryza of infants
Costiveness -    -    -    -
Cough
   "  croupy     -    -   -   21
   "  hooping -    -    -   .
Coughing up of blood  -
Courses   .... 
INDEX.                            551
Coxagra    -    -    -    -   11, 12
Coxalgia.....11
Coxalgia infantilis                11
Cracked skin from cold  -   -     73
Critical period    ....  360
Cramp in the legs   ...     15
Croup......213
Croupy cough  -    -     -   213, 216
Crustealactea                    75
Crying of infants
Cutaneous  diseases
Deafness   ....
Debility during confinement
Deficiency  of milk -
Delirium tremens
Delivery, treatment after
Dentition   ....
Determination of blood to the head 115
Diabetes.....346
Diaphragm, anatomy and physi-
    ology of the  ....
Diaphragm, inflammation of the
Diaphragmitis  ....
Diarrhea    .....
    "   chronic
    "   in  lying-in females
    "   of  infants
Different forms of typhus -
Different modes of applying cold
    water.....
Difficulty of speech
Digestive organs
Discharge from the womb during
    confinement  -    -    -   -
Diseases caused by the  pressure
    of worms   -
Diseases consequent upon scarlet
    fever and scarlet rash -
Diseases during pregnancy
    "    of females
    "   of the heart
Dislocations of joints -
Disposition to fester
410
288
288
313
315
316
388
 91

453
197
412

379

303

 61
365
353
239
 31
 72
Disorders consequent upon measles 55
Dizziness.....119
Douche.....465
Drop-bath.....464
Dropsy of the chest -   -    -    254
   "   of the abdomen    -    -  337
   "   of the brain              388
   "   of the scrotum     -    -  350
Duration of confinement     -    373
Dysentery.....319
Dyspepsia      ....    258
    "    recent  .    -    -    -  259
Dysury     -    -    -   -    .    343
Earache......155
Ears, affections of the   -    -    152
Ears, running of the  -    -    -  159
Elements of the human organism 400
Elongation of the head of infants  382
Encephalitis                    124
Enlarged glands                  81
Enteralgia                       277
Enteritis.....291
Enuresis.....344
    "    nocturna    -    -     -  345
    "    spastica   -    -   -    345
Epilepsia.....20
Epilepsy.....20
Epistaxis.....165
Eruptions and swelling of the ex
    ternal ear  ....
Eruptions of the face  -
Eruptions of the genital organs
Eruptions on the nose
Eruptive fevers  -
Erysipelas bullosum
    "     erraticum  -
    "     cedematodes
    "     of face and lips -
    "     of infants
    "     of the nose
    "     of the throat -
    "     on the scrotum -
    "     or St. Anthony's fire
    •'     wandering
Excoriations    ....
      "     of infants
Exercise.....
External injuries
        "       of the abdomen
Eyes, affections of
Faceache -
Face, affections of
Fainting   -
Fall-baths   ....
Falling off of the hair
    during confinement
Falling of the body -
   "    of the eyelids -
   "    of the palate
   "    of the womb  -
False pleurisy  -
Far-sightedness -
Fatigue   ....
Fear.....
Febris intermittens -
   "   simplex
Felons   ....
Females, diseases of  -
Festering  -    -   -     -
Fever and ague
Fever-cake
  "    and chills -
  "   congestive
  "   ephemeral or common
  "   inflammatory
  "   intermittent
  "   irritative, inflammatory,
        torpid  -                 86
  "   milk.....373
  "   puerperal    -    -   -    379
  "   remittent of infants -     -  390
  "   rheumatic   -              95
Fevers......84
Fever, typhoid or nervous   -     89
  "   yellow                     95 
552
INDEX.
Flatulency     ....
Flatulent or windy colic  -
Flooding   .....
Fluor albus -
Food and drink
Foot-baths  -   -    -    -
Foreign substances in the eye
       "         in the ear
       "         in the nose
Fractures of bones
French measles
Fright.....
Frozen limbs   .    .   -   -

Galloping consumption
Gastralgia.....
Gastric affections
   "   bilious affections
   "   colic    .    -   -    -
   "   derangement  -
Gastritis.....
Gastroataxia
Gastrodynia biliosa -
Gathered breast  -
General  complaints during con
      finement -    -    -    -
General  inflammatory fever
General  plunging-baths   -
Genital  organs, affections of the
       "      eruptions of the
Giddiness
Glaucoma -
265
279
359
363
429
463
151
161
172
 30
 56
110
 39

255
272
268
268
279
267
289
268
268
375

 380
 88
 458
 340
 351
 119
 148
 352
 189
  16
  14
 351
Gleet
Glossitis
Goitre  -
Gonitis
Gonorrhea
Gout -
Gravel......348
Green disease   -    -    -        355
Grief......110
Griping colic   ...    -   277
Gumboils.....193
Gums, affections of -    -    -   180
Hematuria.....348
Hematuria vesicalis    -    -   349
Hanging jaw     .... 179
Hardness of hearing    -   -   158
Headache.....128
    "    from abuse of tobacco  134
    "    excess of bodily or men-
           tal labor    -    -   134
    "    grief    -    -    -    -  134
    "    anger ....    134
    "    changeable weather   -  134
    "    from bathing  -    -    134
    "    suppressed eruptions  -  134
    "    mechanical injuries -    134
    "    from catarrh and cold in
           the head  -    -    -  130
    "    from congestion of blood
           to the head  -    -    128
    "    from constipation     -  132
    "    from drinking coffee     133
Headache from overheating  -    134
        drinking ardent spirits   134
    "   loss of sleep -    -   -  134
    "   external causes    -    133
    "   gastric derangement  -  133
    "   nervous    -   -   •    136
    "   from rheumatism -   -  131
        sick  ...   -    134
Head, affections of               115
Head-baths     ...   -    459
Heart-burn.....265
Heart, diseases of                239
  "   inflammation of the     -  239
  "   palpitation of the -   -    2i0
Heat of infants   ...    -  384
Heat spots.....384
Hemorrhage of the lungs  -    -  243
Hemorrhage with the urine   -    348
Hemorrhoids    ...    -  334
Hemorrhoids vesica      -    -    347
Hepatitis.....295
Hernia.....336
Herpes circinnatus               73
Herpes.....73
Hip disease.....11
Hives......48
Hoarseness acute -    -    -    -  210
     "       chronic  -    -    -    212
Haematemesis    ....  270
Haemoptysis   ....    243
Home-sickness   ....  no
Hooping-cough -    -    -    -    225
 Humming of the ears  -    -    -  157
 Humors in the ear   -    -    -    152
 Hydropathy.....448
 Hydrocele.....350
 Hydrocephalus   ....  388
 Hydrops saccatus   -    -    -   338
 Hydrophobia.....39
 Hydrothorax   ....   254
 Hygiene......428
 Hygiene and Hydropathy    395, 428
 Hypochondria    -    -   -   -  113
 Icterus.....298
 Ileus miserere    -    -   -  292,293
 Impotence.....350
 Incontinence of urine    -   -   344
 Incontinentia urinae    -   -    344
 Incubus.....17
 Indigestion    ....    265
 Indurated glands                 81
 Induration of the skin   -    - 77, 78
 Inflammation, abdominal  -   -  289
       "   in the abdomen after
             delivery,     -    -    379
       "   of the bladder   -    -  342
       "   of the bowels -    -   291
       "   of the brain-    -    -  123
       "   of the diaphragm  -   288
       "   of the ear -    -    -   154
       "   chronic of the eyes   -  145
       "   of the eyeball -   -   143
       "   of the margins of the
             lids                   143 
INDEX.
553
Inflammation of the eyelid and
           the margins -   -    141
     "   of the eyelid    -   -  141
     "   of the eyes from abuse
           of mercury    -   -  147
     "   of the eyeball -   -    143
     "   of the eyes from scrof-
           ula   -    -   -   -  145
     "   of the eyes from syphi-
           lis or venereal disease  146
     "   of the eyes of infants   383
     "   of the face     -   -    174
     "   of the heart -   -   -  239
     "   of the kidneys    -    340
     "   of the knee-joint    -   14
     "   of the liver    -   -    295
     "   of the lungs     -   -  229
     "   of the lungs, or pneu-
           monia in children     233
     "   of the nose    -   -    163
     "   of the palate    -   -  193
     "   of the penis    -   -    349
     "   of  the   spine—spinal
           marrow -    -   -      9
     "   of the spleen   -   -  299
     "   of the stomach   -    289
     "   of the testicles  -   -  350
     "   of the tongue  -"  -    189
     u   of the tonsils   -   -  208
Inflammatory colic -    -    -    279
Influenza.....21G
Insult ------    110
Intermittent fever    -   -    -  104
Internal ear    ...   -    154
Intertrigo.....72
Irritation of the skin    -   -     69
Ischias......12
Ischury.....343
Itch......74
Itching.....69
   "   of the anus    -   -    -  335
   "   in the ear   -    -    -    152
   "   of the nose    -   -    -  165
   "   on the private parts  -    367
Jaundice.....298
   "    of infants  -    -   -    384
Jaw-bone, swelling of    -    ;  193
Jaws, affections of  -    -    -    174
Jealousy.....110
Joy, excessive  -                 110
Kidneys, inflammation of the  -  340
Labor-pains    -    -    -    -.    371
Laryngitis  catarrhalis -    -    -  213
Lead-colic.....278
Lethargy.....23
Leucorrhea    "    "    "    "    q?q
Lienteria.....318
Lips, affections of                1'4
Liver complaint  -     -    -    -  296
  "  grown   -                 ~H"
  "  inflammation of the -    -  295
Local applications               467
Local baths                   "  *59
Lochia     -   - -    -    -    "    d7a
Lockjaw    -    -    -    -    21, 22
Loin-ache.....9
Looseness of the bowels   -    -  313
Love, unhappy  -    -    -    -    110
Lumbago.....9
Lungs, hemorrhage of the     -    243
Malignant boils                   82
Malignant quinsy   -    -    -    205
Mania a potu     -    -    -    -   19
Materia Medica     -    -    395, 475
Maw-worms     ....  300
Measles.....54
Medicinal diseases                45
Megrim.....136
Melaena......270
Melancholia   -    -    -    -    J14
Memory, weakness of -    -    -  121
Meningitis     ....    123
Menses, cessation of the   -    •=  360
Menses, suppression of the   -    356
Menstrual colic   -    -    -    -  280
Menstruation   ...    -    353
    "    of too long duration -  360
    "    painful    -   -    -    357
    "    too early    -    -    -  357
    "    too late and scanty   -    358
    "    too copious  -    -    -  359
Mental exhaustion                23
Metritis.....379
Mictus cruentus    -    -    -    348
Milk bad, too thin, or repugnant
     to the child     -    -    "376
Milk-crust     -                  75
Milk, deficiency of    -    -    -  376
  "   excessive flow of it    -  - ^76
  "   fever.....373
  "leg   -    -    -    -    -    :-80
  "   secretion of    ...  373
  "   suppression of the -    -    376
Mind, affections of the    -     -  110
Miscarriage    ...    -    368
Morbid appetite  -    -   -    -  258
Morbilli    -----     54
Morbus Coxarius -    -    -    -   11
Mortification   -                110
Mouth, affections of  -          180
Mouth, canker of                190
   "  ulceration of  -    -     -  190
Mumps.....153
Muscles......408
Myelitis.....10
Myopia......150
Nausea.....269
Nausea and vomiting during preg-
    nancy .....366
Nephritis.....340
Nervous andspasmodic cough 218, 219
   "    colic of women  -    -    280
   "   headache .   -   -    -   136
   "   or typhoid fever -    -     89
   "   system, anatomy of the   423
Nettle-rash.....48
Neuralgia in the face    -    -     175
           in the head -   -    -   136.
25 
554
INDEX.
Neuralgia of the stomach    -    272
Nightmare.....17
Nipples.....373
   "   sore.....374
Nose, affections of  -   -    -    163
  "   swelling of                163
Notalgia.....9
Nursing women, sore mouth of   378
Obstruction of the menses -    -  354
     "    of the nose in infants   382
Occupation    ....    444
Odontalgia.....180
Offensive breath    -   -    -    188
Onania......350
Ophthalmia    ....    ]43
Otalgia......155
Otitis......154
Otorrhoea.....159
Overheating   ....     23
Ozaena antri Highmori    -    - _ 171
Ozaena narium  -    -   -    -   * 171
Pain in the abdomen after delivery 379
Pain in the hip   -    -    -    -   11
Pain in the stomach -   -    -    276
Pains in the small of the  back
    and loins.....9
Painter's or lead colic  -    -    279
Palate, elongation, swelling of   209
Palate, falling of the  -    -    -  209
Palpitatio cordis    -   -    -    240
Palsy......18
Palpitation  of the heart -    -    240
Panaris......78
Paralysis.....18
    "   of the eyelids    -    -  151
    "   of the face and jaw  -    179
    "   of the tongue    -    -  196
Partial or  half-baths     -    -    456
Parotitis.....153
Part second    ....    395
Parturition.....371
Penis, affections of the  -    -    349
Penis, inflammation of the      -  349
Phthisis laryngea   -   -    -    213
    "   pulmonalis   -    -    -  255
Physiology of the bones -    -    407
Piles......334
Piles of the bladder -   -    -    347
Pimples on  the face -   -    -    175
Pin-worms.....300
Placenta,  adherence of the    -    371
Plethora pectoris     -    -    -  242
Pleurisy.....236
   "   real.....236
   "  false                     237
Pleuritis.....23G
   "   muscularis  -   -    -    236
   "   serosa    ....  236
Pneumonia    ....    229
  "  in infants and children    -  233
  "  in old people  -   -    -    '.34
  "  notha.....234
  "  remarks on                 235
Pneumorrhagia  ....  243
Podogra.....      v
Poisoned wounds     -    -    -   ■■»
Poisons.....40
   "   animal    -    -    -    -   43
   "   vegetable    -    -    -     44
   "   mineral                   44
Pollution.....350
Polypus of the bladder    -    -  347
   "   of the ear   -    -    -    361
   "   of the nose    -    -    -  17--
Pregnancy     -   -    -    -    364
Premature birth  .    -    -    -  370
Prolapsus ani  ...    -    335
Prolapsus uteri   -    -    -    -  361
Prosopalgia    ....    175
Prurigo......71
   "   on the scrotum   -    -    351
Pruritus                  -   69, 367
Pseudo-typhus,  or  bilious-rheu-
    matic fever -   -    -    -     95
Psoitis......14
Ptyalism.....195
Puerperal fever   -               379
Pulmonary consumption     -    255
Pyrosis......265
Putrid sore throat  -    -    -    205
Quinsy  -    -    -    -    -    -  199
   "   malignant   -    -    -    205
Ranula......197
Rash......47
Raucitas.....210
Rawness of the  skin in infants   S84
Real pleurisy     ....  j>:-:6
Red gum   -    -   -    -    -    384
Red spots on the nose -    -    -  164
Regular birth   -                371
Remarks on pneumonia    -    -  235
Remittent fever    -    -    -    104
Remittent fevers of infants     -  390
Respiratory and Circulatory or-
    gans, anatomy of the    -    4)8
Restlessness of  infants    -    -  383
Retention  of urine during  con-
    finement   ....    38O
Rhagades.....72
Rheumatism   - .  -    -    -    3, 6
      "     acute    ...    4
      "     inflammatory   -      4
      "      chronic -    -    -    6
      "     shifting or wander-
             ing   -    -    -      5
Ringworm.....73
Ringworm of the scalp  -    -     76
Running of the ears   -    -    -  159
Rupture.....336
Salivation      ....    195
Scabies......74
Scald-head     ....     7(3
Scalds......:-4
Scarlet-fever   ....     59
   "     "   malignant    -    -   60
Scarlet-rash    ....     57
Sciatica     -                  11,12
Schirrus.....82 
INDEX.
555
 Scorbutus.....19T
 Scrofulous consumption -    -    256
 Scrofulous sore eyes  -    -    -  145
 Scrotum, dropsy of the  -    -    : 50
    "    erysipelas on the  -    -  351
    "    prurigo on the  -    -    ?51
    "    tetter on the -     -    -  : 51
 Scurvey.....193
 Sea-sickness     ....  £71
 Secretion of milk  -    -    -    37'
 Seminal weakness   -    -    -  350
 Ship fever.....95
 Short-sightedness -   -    -    -  150
 Shower baths  ....    455
 Sick headache    ....  134
 Sitting baths     -   -    -    -  461
 Sitz baths.....461
 Skin, anatomy of the    -    -    425
 Sleep   .-    -    -   -    -  .  -  440
 Sleeplessness  -   -    -    -     17
 Sleeplessness during confinement 380
 Sleeplessness of infants  -    -    383
 Smallpox   -    -   -    -    -   64
 Snake-bitten   -    -    -    -     37
 Snuffles......382
 Somnolency   ....     23
 Sore mouth of infants     -    -  383
  "     "    of nursing women    378
  "  nipples.....374
  "  throat                     199
  "  throat, chronic   -     -    -  205
 Spasms in the stomach   -    -    272
 Spasms of infants    -     -    -  386
 Specks on the eyes -    -    -    146
 Spitting of blood -    -     -    -  243
 Spleen, enlargement of  the   -    299
 Spleen, indurated     -     -    -  299
 Spleen, inflammation of the  -    299
 Splenitis.....299
 Spontaneous limping     -    -  1', 12
 Spots on the face  -----  178
 Spots on  the face during  preg-
    nancy   -    -    -     -    -  368
 Spots on the nose, black red  -    164
 Sprains and concussions   -    -   34
 Squinting.....150
 Stagnation of blood in the abdomen286
 Stammering.....197
 St. Anthony's fire                49
 State of the bowels after delivery 377
 Stings of insects    -    -    -     36
 Stitch in the side -    -    -    -  237
 Stomacace     .    .     -    -    190
Stomach-ache    -    -    -    -  277
Stomach,  affections of the    -    157
    "    cold in the   -    -    -  273
    "    inflammation of the     289
    "     neuralgia of the  -   -  272
    "    sour  -    -    -    -    265
    "    spasms  and pain in the  272
        weak                   258
Stone in the bladder   -    -    -  348
Strabismus#    -                 150
Strangury '.....343
Structure of the human organism 398
Struma......16
Stuttering.....197
St. Vitus's dance                 21
Stye on the eyelid   -    -    -   147
Stymatosis.....349
Summer-complaint  -    -'  -   392
Sunstroke.....127
Suppression of the catarrh, or cold
    in the head  ....  169
Suppression of the menses   -   356
Suppression of the milk   -    -  376
Sweating  -    -    -    -    -   470
Sweating feet    -    -    -    -   15
Swelling of the breasts in infants 382
    "   of the cheek     -    -  174
    "   of the ear  -    -    -   152
    "   of glands               81
    "   of the jaw-bone    -   193
    "   of the nose   -  •  -    -  '63
    "   of the palate   -    -   209
        of the tonsils    -    -  208
    "   under the tongue    -   197
Swooning.....24
                                24
Syncope
Synocha
Syphilis   ....
Taenia
Tape worm
Tastes, different  -
Taste,  loss of
Teeth, affections of
Teeth, anatomy of the
Teething    -
Testicles, affections of the
Tetanus .....
Tetter.....
  "   dry   -
  "   running  -
  "   bleeding
  "   ulcerating
  "   on the scrotum -
Throat, affections of
Throat, erysipelas of  -
Thrush    ....
Tic douloureux
Tinea capitis
Tongue, inflammation of  -
   "    swelling of -
   "    swelling under the
   "    ulceration of
Tonsils, inflammation of  -
Tonsils, swelling of
Toothache  -
Treatment after delivery -
Treatment of children
Trismus  -   -    -    -
Tubercular consumption   -
Tumors   -
Tussis  convulsiva
Typhoid pneumonia
Typhus .....
   "    versatile
   "    stupid
  351
  300
  300
  189
  189
  180
  411
  386
  350
   21
   73
   73
   73
   73
   73
  351
  199
  205
  383
  175
   76
  189
  189
  197
  190
  208
  208
  180
  371
  381
21, 22
  255
   81
  225
  231
   89
   91
   93 
556
Typhus putrid  ....    93
   "   contagious               94
Ulcerated sore throat    -     -   205
Ulceration in the nose     -    -  170
Ulceration of the windpipe   -   213
Ulcers on the ear -    -    -    -  152
Ulcers    '.....79
Ulcers on the eyeballs     -    -  146
Umschlaege     ...     -   467
Urinary organs, affections of  the 340
Urinary system, anatomy of the  417
Urine, bloody   ...    -  348
Urine, incontinence of the   -   344
Vaccinnation   -    -    -    -  391
Varicose veins -   -    -    -   367
Variola......64
Varioloid, or modified small pox  68
Veins varicose  ...    -  367
Verrucce.....78
Vertigo......119
   "    from disordered stomach 119
   "    from irritation of brain   119
   "    from  suppressed  ulcers
        and eruptions     -    -  119
   "    from riding in a carriage  120
   "    from congestion of blood
        to the brain     -     -   120
Vomiting.....269
          after a fall    -    -   270
    "     of blood    -   -    - 270
Vomiting bile  -
    "    of mucus
    "    of water -
    "    sour
Want of appetite
Warts  -
Warts on the face
Warts on the nose
Water-brash
Weakness of memory -
Weakness of sight -
Weakness, seminal
Weak stomach -
Weaning
Weeping or watery eyes
Wet bandages
Wet linen sheets
Wetting the bed  -
Whites
White swelling  -
Whitlows on the fingers
Wind-colic   -
Windpipe, affections of -
Windpipe, ulceration of the
Womb, falling of the
Worm-colic  -    -   -    -
Worm-fever
Worms.....
Wounds and bruises
Yellow fever
270
270
270
270
257
 78
178
164
265
121
149
350
258
376
148
467
469
345
363
 11
 78
278
210
213
361
305
305
300
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